The History of Scotland: From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688, Količina 1W. Blackwood, 1867 - 650 strani |
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... called the Mons Grampius , and there they found the enemy , upwards of thirty thousand strong , under a leader whom the historian calls Galgacus . They occupied a rising - ground , whence they spread down upon the plain . Agricola ...
... called the Mons Grampius , and there they found the enemy , upwards of thirty thousand strong , under a leader whom the historian calls Galgacus . They occupied a rising - ground , whence they spread down upon the plain . Agricola ...
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... called Dorsum Britanniæ , the back or backbone of Britain . In east and central Scotland , where it makes a distinct division between north and south , it was long termed the " Month " or Mount . To cross the Month was to pass from the ...
... called Dorsum Britanniæ , the back or backbone of Britain . In east and central Scotland , where it makes a distinct division between north and south , it was long termed the " Month " or Mount . To cross the Month was to pass from the ...
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... called Groupius . Hence , as by a misprint they were led to search in the wrong quarter , he has a sympathy with those zealous disputants , rather than with Walterus Scottus , who , in fabula sua THE ANTIQUARY , lepide eos cavilletur ...
... called Groupius . Hence , as by a misprint they were led to search in the wrong quarter , he has a sympathy with those zealous disputants , rather than with Walterus Scottus , who , in fabula sua THE ANTIQUARY , lepide eos cavilletur ...
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... called the ' Historia Augustæ Scriptores , ' a book full of curious and significant details , which commend themselves to belief by their own internal evi- dence , though we know little or nothing either of the writers themselves , or ...
... called the ' Historia Augustæ Scriptores , ' a book full of curious and significant details , which commend themselves to belief by their own internal evi- dence , though we know little or nothing either of the writers themselves , or ...
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... called tribes . The Mæatians as a tribe were under Roman dominion , and it has been conjectured , on tolerably good grounds , that they were the inhab- itants of the territory between the two walls . Of the Caledonians living beyond the ...
... called tribes . The Mæatians as a tribe were under Roman dominion , and it has been conjectured , on tolerably good grounds , that they were the inhab- itants of the territory between the two walls . Of the Caledonians living beyond the ...
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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.