The History of Scotland: From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688, Količina 1W. Blackwood, 1867 - 650 strani |
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... passing hit at the social condition of Rome and the morals of the court of Tiberius . We do not know where he crossed the border , though an examination of the vestiges of the Roman progress in Scotland renders it likely that he marched ...
... passing hit at the social condition of Rome and the morals of the court of Tiberius . We do not know where he crossed the border , though an examination of the vestiges of the Roman progress in Scotland renders it likely that he marched ...
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... passed , that they were combining from various quarters to strike a great blow , while they were removing their wives and children to a place of safety . So stood both armies when winter came on . The next season was to be the decisive ...
... passed , that they were combining from various quarters to strike a great blow , while they were removing their wives and children to a place of safety . So stood both armies when winter came on . The next season was to be the decisive ...
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... passed current for four hundred years . The manuscripts he relies on tell him that Tacitus wrote not Grampius , but Groupius ( p . 194 ) . His reliance on the accuracy of this altered reading is all the more emphatic that the recent ...
... passed current for four hundred years . The manuscripts he relies on tell him that Tacitus wrote not Grampius , but Groupius ( p . 194 ) . His reliance on the accuracy of this altered reading is all the more emphatic that the recent ...
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... passing from Castlecary , Westerwood Fort , Barhill east to west , are Rough Castle , Fort , Achindavy Fort , the Peel of Kirkintilloch , Bemulie Fort , New Kirkpatrick Fort , Castlehill Fort , and Duntocher Fort . which is perfectly ...
... passing from Castlecary , Westerwood Fort , Barhill east to west , are Rough Castle , Fort , Achindavy Fort , the Peel of Kirkintilloch , Bemulie Fort , New Kirkpatrick Fort , Castlehill Fort , and Duntocher Fort . which is perfectly ...
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... passed by them , were laid down by Richard with the precision of a modern road - book , and it was the work of the antiquaries to identify them , and put the modern names beside the ancient . To accomplish this some wonderful feats in ...
... passed by them , were laid down by Richard with the precision of a modern road - book , and it was the work of the antiquaries to identify them , and put the modern names beside the ancient . To accomplish this some wonderful feats in ...
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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.