The History of Scotland: From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688, Količina 1W. Blackwood, 1867 - 650 strani |
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Stran ix
... BROUGHT UP IN THE QUESTION OF HOMAGE - LEGENDS OF THE EARLY KINGS - MALCOLM , DUN- CAN , AND MACBEDA - POETIC AND REAL HISTORY OF MACBEDA OR MACBETH - INFLUENCE OF HIS REIGN , 336-377 CHAPTER XI . Narratibe to the End of the Reign of ...
... BROUGHT UP IN THE QUESTION OF HOMAGE - LEGENDS OF THE EARLY KINGS - MALCOLM , DUN- CAN , AND MACBEDA - POETIC AND REAL HISTORY OF MACBEDA OR MACBETH - INFLUENCE OF HIS REIGN , 336-377 CHAPTER XI . Narratibe to the End of the Reign of ...
Stran 1
... brought Roman troops north of the line which , hun- dreds of years afterwards , became the border dividing Scotland from England . The achievements of that VOL . I. A general hold a greater place in history than they would.
... brought Roman troops north of the line which , hun- dreds of years afterwards , became the border dividing Scotland from England . The achievements of that VOL . I. A general hold a greater place in history than they would.
Stran 9
... brought over troops and fought battles north of the Tweed , but none of them had a Tacitus for a son - in - law . The life of Agricola , eulogised by Gibbon as " the most early of those historical compo- sitions which will delight and ...
... brought over troops and fought battles north of the Tweed , but none of them had a Tacitus for a son - in - law . The life of Agricola , eulogised by Gibbon as " the most early of those historical compo- sitions which will delight and ...
Stran 12
... brought the experience of an engineer officer to aid his knowledge as an archæo- logical scholar , has fixed it at Ardoch in Perthshire , a short way northward of the border of Stirlingshire . At all events , the Romans have there left ...
... brought the experience of an engineer officer to aid his knowledge as an archæo- logical scholar , has fixed it at Ardoch in Perthshire , a short way northward of the border of Stirlingshire . At all events , the Romans have there left ...
Stran 19
... brought to the commence- ment of the work , we may follow it to its conclusion as well as we can , before turning to other historical events , which , however important they may have been in their time , cannot be so easily realised now ...
... brought to the commence- ment of the work , we may follow it to its conclusion as well as we can , before turning to other historical events , which , however important they may have been in their time , cannot be so easily realised now ...
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Aberdeenshire Adamnan afterwards ancient antiquaries appear Atlas Author battle became Bede bishop BLACKWOOD AND SONS Britain British Britons Broichan brought Cæsar Caledonians called camp castle Celtic Celts century character Christian Chronicle Church civilisation co-arbs Columba Columbites contest Crown Octavo Dalriada decorated distinct district Druids early ecclesiastical Edinburgh Emperor empire England English existence feudal Foolscap Octavo give Gothic hand influence inhabitants instance Iona Ireland Irish island KEITH JOHNSTON King of Scotland King of Scots land later literature Maps ment modern monarch monuments narrative nations native natural Norsemen northern origin Orkney ornaments period Pictish Picts practice Professor province race rampart reign relics Richard of Cirencester Roman Rome round royal saint Saxon says Scotland Scottish sculptured stones Second Edition seems specimens St Columba Strathclyde supposed Tacitus tell territory Teutonic tion told vestiges Volumes wall
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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.