Jacobitism
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Jacobitism had been the ruin of the Tory cause.
From A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III by McCarthy, Justin
The wildest charges of Jacobitism were brought against the immediate servants of the Princess, charges which those who made them wholly failed to substantiate.
From A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III by McCarthy, Justin
Yet, notwithstanding these, his Jacobitism was but skin deep.
From Robert Burns by Shairp, John Campbell
But the English people at large need hardly take this graceful Jacobitism very seriously.
From A History of the Four Georges, Volume II by McCarthy, Justin
The Episcopalians in the North showed a warm affection for the Stuarts during the distresses of that royal house, and such Jacobitism did the scattered congregations a deal of harm.
From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner
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