The History of Scotland: From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688, Količina 1W. Blackwood, 1867 - 650 strani |
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... portion of the great work had its proper object . It stood alone . There were no other works of the same kind to make the raising of them a practice and a science . Hence the books de- voted to military affairs , which tell us of the ...
... portion of the great work had its proper object . It stood alone . There were no other works of the same kind to make the raising of them a practice and a science . Hence the books de- voted to military affairs , which tell us of the ...
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... portions of those great gatherings in mountain districts which geologists tell us are the moraines of ancient glaciers . The remains of the stone wall , still to be seen over long ranges of country , show that it varied between six and ...
... portions of those great gatherings in mountain districts which geologists tell us are the moraines of ancient glaciers . The remains of the stone wall , still to be seen over long ranges of country , show that it varied between six and ...
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... . The mouldings 1 Notitia Imperii ( see the British portion in Monumenta Historica Britannica , xxiv . ) Item per Lineam valli , and decorations on the fragments of buildings tell us that THE GREAT WALL , A.D. 120-220 . 23.
... . The mouldings 1 Notitia Imperii ( see the British portion in Monumenta Historica Britannica , xxiv . ) Item per Lineam valli , and decorations on the fragments of buildings tell us that THE GREAT WALL , A.D. 120-220 . 23.
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... portion of the work , or the centurion who helped in planning it , but because the close fitting of these minute particulars gives us a warrant for fixing the various broader conditions under which the boun- daries of the Romans were ...
... portion of the work , or the centurion who helped in planning it , but because the close fitting of these minute particulars gives us a warrant for fixing the various broader conditions under which the boun- daries of the Romans were ...
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... portion , not quite so clearly ascertained . The items specifically accounted for make a total of 29,815 paces ; in round numbers , thirty Roman miles , or about three - quarters of the total length . The legion Augusta made more than ...
... portion , not quite so clearly ascertained . The items specifically accounted for make a total of 29,815 paces ; in round numbers , thirty Roman miles , or about three - quarters of the total length . The legion Augusta made more than ...
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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.