...whom, after God Almighty, my resting lies, and that the least help would make my affair infallible. " Let what will happen, the stroke is struck, and I...ground as long as I shall have a man remaining with me. "Whatever happens unfortunate to me cannot but be the strongest engagements to the French court to...

...he must show his mettle, as James did in 1715. 'I have taken a firm resolution to conquer or to dye, and stand my ground as long as I shall have a man remaining with me.' Alas for the resolution ! He begs that his Sobieski jewels may be pawned : he never means to return....

...succours in my name . . . I sent letters to the King and Queen, written in the most engaging terms. . . . Let what will happen, the Stroke is struck, and I have taken a firm resolution ... to stand my ground as long as I shall have a man remaining with me." " I think it of the greatest importance...

...completed. " Let what will happen," Charles at length wrote to his father, on the eve of his departure, " the stroke is struck, and I have taken a firm resolution...ground as long as I shall have a man remaining with me8." Charles's name would have been a more heroic one in story had he stood by his resolution. On...

...completed. " Let what will happen," Charles at length wrote to his father, on the eve of his departure, "the stroke is struck, and I have taken a firm resolution...as long as I shall have a man remaining with me"." Charles's name would have been a more heroic one in story had he stood by his resolution. On June 22,...