The History of Scotland: From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688, Količina 1W. Blackwood, 1867 - 650 strani |
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Stran 124
... Northumbria so far within its limits ; and for that department of craniological illustra- tion of ethnic characteristics we must turn to the richer fields of English research . But in the north of Scotland , and in the northern and ...
... Northumbria so far within its limits ; and for that department of craniological illustra- tion of ethnic characteristics we must turn to the richer fields of English research . But in the north of Scotland , and in the northern and ...
Stran 274
... Northumbrian Alfrid , to whom , on one occasion , his countrymen commissioned him as a sort of ambassador , to negotiate for the restoration of certain Dalriads taken prisoners in battle . The inquisi- tive and discursive character of ...
... Northumbrian Alfrid , to whom , on one occasion , his countrymen commissioned him as a sort of ambassador , to negotiate for the restoration of certain Dalriads taken prisoners in battle . The inquisi- tive and discursive character of ...
Stran 297
... Northumbrian Church still required to be spiritually supplied from Scotland . Aidan was succeeded by St Finnian , who built on the isle of Lindisfarne a church , afterwards venerated as a cathedral , and as the parent of the episcopate ...
... Northumbrian Church still required to be spiritually supplied from Scotland . Aidan was succeeded by St Finnian , who built on the isle of Lindisfarne a church , afterwards venerated as a cathedral , and as the parent of the episcopate ...
Stran 298
... Northumbria , but could not obtain her hand , until he embraced the Christian faith , and was baptised under the auspices of Finnian , who com- missioned four priests to attend him back to his father's realm , one of whom became bishop ...
... Northumbria , but could not obtain her hand , until he embraced the Christian faith , and was baptised under the auspices of Finnian , who com- missioned four priests to attend him back to his father's realm , one of whom became bishop ...
Stran 299
... Northumbria He endeavoured to bring the brethren over whom he ruled to the same view , but in vain . If their monastie obedience was still as absolute as in the days of Columba , it did not include compliance on such matters of old ...
... Northumbria He endeavoured to bring the brethren over whom he ruled to the same view , but in vain . If their monastie obedience was still as absolute as in the days of Columba , it did not include compliance on such matters of old ...
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Stran 11 - Raptores orbis, postquam cuncta vastantibus defuere terrae, et. mare scrutantur : si locuples hostis est, avari ; si pauper, ambitiosi : quos non Oriens, non Occidens, satiaverit. Soli omnium opes atque inopiam pari affectu concupiscunt. Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium ; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.