It's also named for the deposed Catholic king of Great Britain, James II and VII, who inspired what became known as the Jacobite movement. From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
Dundee and Balcarres; while Dundee proposed to call a Jacobite convention in Stirling. From Wordnik.com. [A Short History of Scotland] Reference
Hugh Speke and Aaron Smith, men to whom a hunt after a Jacobite was the most exciting of all sports. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4] Reference
Alan in high good humour at the furthering of his schemes, and I in bitter dudgeon at being called a Jacobite and treated like a child. From Wordnik.com. [Kidnapped] Reference
I was turned out of the commission, and called a Jacobite, though it cost me a thousand pound in joining with the Prince of Orange at the Revolution. From Wordnik.com. [The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer] Reference
Burns specialists have no hesitation in describing his sentiments as "Jacobite". From Wordnik.com. [Them and Us] Reference
Louis XIV and began plotting schemes for the invasion of England with French and "Jacobite" military help. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
A swashbuckling Scots Jacobite which is my private enemy, and a dozen bullies at his tail. From Wordnik.com. [The Highwayman] Reference
Jacobite army are described as looking like "hunted hares.". From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
Scotland, fresh manifestations of the Jacobite party broke forth. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
City of London, the Jacobite party was very strong; its member was. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
Having been educated in Jacobite and Episcopalian principles, young. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
Jacobite, and though, as Lockhart declares, he did not at first make a. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
Desertions from the Jacobite army were among the most formidable evils with which. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
Jacobite party resolved not to move until all the forces under Ormond should be assembled. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II.] Reference
This was his original error; he joined the standard of Charles Edward, -- but he was no Jacobite. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
He was not, however, the only member of the house of Murray who participated in the Jacobite cause. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II.] Reference
At Glasgow, the melancholy fate of the brave garrison in Carlisle became known to the Jacobite army. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
Jacobite cause, succeeded to the honours of his ancestors under circumstances peculiarly embarrassing. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II.] Reference
On the sixth of November the Jacobite forces crossed the Tweed: that river was scarcely fordable; but the. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
His son, the young Lord Macleod, was also in the Jacobite army, and both father and son were surprised at. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
He had been backward in joining the Jacobite army, and had never shared the confidence of Charles Edward. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
But the Jacobite risings of 1715 and 1745 left the county comparatively untouched, and thereafter it became settled. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
About eleven in the morning the Jacobite army was seen, marching in two columns, and advancing to the rising ground. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
In Skye, the "Isle of Mist" of the poet, she could hear imperfect intelligence of the wanderings of the Jacobite leaders. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
This was a subject, not only of importance to Lord Kilmarnock's memory, but to the character of the Jacobite party generally. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
Edinburgh all the heads of the Jacobite clans, and other suspected persons, by a certain day, to find bail for their good conduct. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II.] Reference
The French invasion scheme was arranged in combination with the Jacobite leaders, and soldiers were to be transported from Dunkirk. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Upon receiving intelligence of the Duke's approach, expresses were sent in all directions in order to re-assemble the Jacobite forces. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
In six days afterwards the Jacobite army arrived at Preston, and from this place, where the Prince halted, he sent the Duke of Perth to. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
On Sunday morning, the thirteenth of April, it became a matter of certainty among the Jacobite forces that the enemy had passed the Spey. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
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