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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Boswell failed to see beyond the Gael, the Jacobite .
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However, only a few Nonjurors became active Jacobites, in the sense of being agents or conspirators.
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Not until 1717 did he appear in print, with a grand jury charge denouncing Jacobites.
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The Jacobites had drawn first blood and totally defeated a regular force sent against them.
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The Jacobites in fact opted for Crossford, where they repaired the bridge, and on 1 December marched on to Macclesfield.
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The view that Anne was a sentimental Jacobite who secretly wished her brother-in-law to succeed her has now been debunked as myth.
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The Whigs were low churchmen and Hanoverians, the Tories high churchmen and Jacobites.
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There were some people who might show sympathy towards the Jacobites even though they were not Jacobites themselves.