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Barbour

/ ˈbɑːbə /

noun

  1. BarbourJohn13201395MScottishWRITING: poet John . c . 1320–95, Scottish poet: author of The Bruce (1376), a patriotic epic poem


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Perry has associated with Barbour since at least 2012, when Barbour served on his ill-fated but memorable presidential campaign.

Barbour actively backed six-term incumbent Thad Cochran for re-election and Sojourner ran the campaign of McDaniel.

Barbour also said that he thought the campaign would reconsider how it would hold future conference calls.

For his part, Barbour stressed “how much [Cochran] has helped and can continue to help Mississippi.”

Is Miranda Barbour the Most Dangerous Woman in U.S. History?

Barbour makes no mention of an appointment: Bruce rode over to Dumfries, where Comyn was staying, and the tragedy was enacted.

Barbour has the same outline of the interview as Fordun, but he remarks that other accounts were current in his time.

Barbour adds that 'many others of mickle main' were killed in the mle; and the statement is amply confirmed.

Barbour tells pitifully how the fugitives' clothes and shoon were riven and rent before they reached Aberdeen.

And not only the ladies, but some of the harder sex: the Earl of Athol, Barbour says, could hold out no longer on any terms.

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