The History of Scotland: From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688, Količina 1W. Blackwood, 1867 - 650 strani |
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... lived in it , and in their respective languages , it is necessary to trace the pedigree of words closely home before they can be trusted with any historical interpretation . Tacitus is the first to speak of the Caledonii . The term ...
... lived in it , and in their respective languages , it is necessary to trace the pedigree of words closely home before they can be trusted with any historical interpretation . Tacitus is the first to speak of the Caledonii . The term ...
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... lived at the same time as the legate of Antonine , whether the legate and the historian were the same or not . 1 He must not be confounded with the Lollius who , in the age of Augustus , was defeated by the Germans . critical battles ...
... lived at the same time as the legate of Antonine , whether the legate and the historian were the same or not . 1 He must not be confounded with the Lollius who , in the age of Augustus , was defeated by the Germans . critical battles ...
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... lived in them . About this period scraps from the ecclesiastical his- torians , or the works of the fathers of the Christian Church , meet those dropped from the later of the heathen classic writers . The great event of the impe- rial ...
... lived in them . About this period scraps from the ecclesiastical his- torians , or the works of the fathers of the Christian Church , meet those dropped from the later of the heathen classic writers . The great event of the impe- rial ...
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... lived wealthily , and among people who valued high art.2 Several fragments of earthenware have been picked up . In themselves they are mere potsherds of the ' In the old house which they ornamented there stood between them a Gothic ...
... lived wealthily , and among people who valued high art.2 Several fragments of earthenware have been picked up . In themselves they are mere potsherds of the ' In the old house which they ornamented there stood between them a Gothic ...
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... lived under the protection of the empire between the northern and the southern rampart . Of their government and constitu- tion we can only form an estimate by looking to the hollow descending from the rampart to a beautiful flat plain ...
... lived under the protection of the empire between the northern and the southern rampart . Of their government and constitu- tion we can only form an estimate by looking to the hollow descending from the rampart to a beautiful flat plain ...
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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.