The History of Scotland: From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688, Količina 1W. Blackwood, 1867 - 650 strani |
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Stran vi
... PICTS ' HOUSES AND OTHER UNDERGROUND BUILDINGS - ARTIFICIAL CAVES — CAIRNS , CHAM- BERED AND UNCHAMBERED - MAES - HOWE - DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD - URNS AND BURNING - WEAPONS , STONE AND METALLIC -DEFENSIVE ARMOUR- QUESTION OF THE STONE ...
... PICTS ' HOUSES AND OTHER UNDERGROUND BUILDINGS - ARTIFICIAL CAVES — CAIRNS , CHAM- BERED AND UNCHAMBERED - MAES - HOWE - DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD - URNS AND BURNING - WEAPONS , STONE AND METALLIC -DEFENSIVE ARMOUR- QUESTION OF THE STONE ...
Stran vii
... PICTS -THE GREAT PICTISH QUESTION — ETYMOLOGICAL WAR - SPECI- MENS OF THE VICTORIES ON EITHER SIDE - WHAT THEY HAVE GAINED WHAT IS TAUGHT BY ANCIENT REMAINS WHAT WE GATHER FROM CLASSIC AUTHORS - WEAKNESS OF THEIR CON- TRIBUTIONS TO THE ...
... PICTS -THE GREAT PICTISH QUESTION — ETYMOLOGICAL WAR - SPECI- MENS OF THE VICTORIES ON EITHER SIDE - WHAT THEY HAVE GAINED WHAT IS TAUGHT BY ANCIENT REMAINS WHAT WE GATHER FROM CLASSIC AUTHORS - WEAKNESS OF THEIR CON- TRIBUTIONS TO THE ...
Stran ix
... Picts . HISTORY AFTER THE DEPARTURE OF THE ROMANS - STRATHCLYDE AND ITS DYNASTY - DISAPPEARANCE FROM HISTORY - PICTLAND -BATTLE OF NECHTANS - MERE - ITS INFLUENCE ON THE ADJUST- MENT OF A NATIONAL BOUNDARY - THE EXTINCTION OF THE ...
... Picts . HISTORY AFTER THE DEPARTURE OF THE ROMANS - STRATHCLYDE AND ITS DYNASTY - DISAPPEARANCE FROM HISTORY - PICTLAND -BATTLE OF NECHTANS - MERE - ITS INFLUENCE ON THE ADJUST- MENT OF A NATIONAL BOUNDARY - THE EXTINCTION OF THE ...
Stran 43
... Picts had wasted the portion of the province nearest to their own frontiers , and spread terror through other districts , already wearied by previous contests . It was determined to send over a special force for the protection of the ...
... Picts had wasted the portion of the province nearest to their own frontiers , and spread terror through other districts , already wearied by previous contests . It was determined to send over a special force for the protection of the ...
Stran 44
... Picts and Saxons , the Scots and the Attacots , vexed the Britons with continued harassings . Again coming across the topic -on which he promises to enlarge in a part of his His- tory which has not been preserved - he notes in pass- ing ...
... Picts and Saxons , the Scots and the Attacots , vexed the Britons with continued harassings . Again coming across the topic -on which he promises to enlarge in a part of his His- tory which has not been preserved - he notes in pass- ing ...
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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.