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Carlisle

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Car·lisle  (kär-ll, kärll)
A borough of northwest England near the Scottish border. Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned in Carlisle's 11th-century castle from May to July 1568. Population: 71,700.


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As a misfortune to begin with, our engine broke down between Lancaster and Carlisle.
CECILY:--"This is Miss Julia Stanley, who used to teach in Carlisle a few years ago.
When they can bend my war-bow, and bring down a squirrel at a hundred paces, I send them to take service under Johnny Copeland, the Lord of the Marches and Governor of Carlisle.
 
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