The History of Scotland: From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688, Količina 1W. Blackwood, 1867 - 650 strani |
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... fact , occasioned a contest as memorable in literature as the battle itself in history . It is remark- able in the absoluteness with which each champion maintains that he has removed every particle of doubt that can affect the spot ...
... fact , occasioned a contest as memorable in literature as the battle itself in history . It is remark- able in the absoluteness with which each champion maintains that he has removed every particle of doubt that can affect the spot ...
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... fact , that there was in the days of Agricola a range known as the Grampians , but the battle was fought elsewhere , at a place called Groupius . Hence , as by a misprint they were led to search in the wrong quarter , he has a sympathy ...
... fact , that there was in the days of Agricola a range known as the Grampians , but the battle was fought elsewhere , at a place called Groupius . Hence , as by a misprint they were led to search in the wrong quarter , he has a sympathy ...
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... , we have still the fact that the ancient names belonged to the Wall , and that along it there are no modern names akin to them . VOL . I. B Britain was an island , and found and annexed the AGRICOLA'S INVASION , A.D. 80-85 . 17.
... , we have still the fact that the ancient names belonged to the Wall , and that along it there are no modern names akin to them . VOL . I. B Britain was an island , and found and annexed the AGRICOLA'S INVASION , A.D. 80-85 . 17.
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... fact seems certain , that it is the precedent from which the Britannia on the later copper coinage of the British empire has been copied . None of the inscriptions found near the wall give a distinct record of those who made it , and we ...
... fact seems certain , that it is the precedent from which the Britannia on the later copper coinage of the British empire has been copied . None of the inscriptions found near the wall give a distinct record of those who made it , and we ...
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... facts of vari- ous topographers and scientific investigators into a system . When deal- ing with districts fully examined and often traversed , he will not break in upon the systematic arrangement of his ample materials , by dilating on ...
... facts of vari- ous topographers and scientific investigators into a system . When deal- ing with districts fully examined and often traversed , he will not break in upon the systematic arrangement of his ample materials , by dilating on ...
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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.