The History of Scotland: From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688, Količina 1W. Blackwood, 1867 - 650 strani |
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... possession of barba- rians like the British , its harbours were frequented by many traders . Agricola cultivated the acquaintance of a certain Regulus , prince or chief of Ireland , driven forth by political animosities ; and the ...
... possession of barba- rians like the British , its harbours were frequented by many traders . Agricola cultivated the acquaintance of a certain Regulus , prince or chief of Ireland , driven forth by political animosities ; and the ...
Stran 47
... possessions unconsciously left by them . Though these vestiges are scanty in comparison with the rich collections made nearer to the seat of empire , they have been pretty carefully treasured . With one flagrant exception , the people ...
... possessions unconsciously left by them . Though these vestiges are scanty in comparison with the rich collections made nearer to the seat of empire , they have been pretty carefully treasured . With one flagrant exception , the people ...
Stran 49
... possession of occupants of Roman Scotland . Several pieces of sculpture , altars , and in- scriptions undoubtedly found in Scotland were preserved as architectural ornaments in buildings , sometimes of the humblest order . There they ...
... possession of occupants of Roman Scotland . Several pieces of sculpture , altars , and in- scriptions undoubtedly found in Scotland were preserved as architectural ornaments in buildings , sometimes of the humblest order . There they ...
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... possessed of the old Pagan house . But there seems to have been no appearance in the work of the pavement that it had been a subsequent insertion , and it must be agreed that a Christian of this period was not likely to be so tolerant ...
... possessed of the old Pagan house . But there seems to have been no appearance in the work of the pavement that it had been a subsequent insertion , and it must be agreed that a Christian of this period was not likely to be so tolerant ...
Stran 72
... possessed a taste for litera- ture and philosophy , and , with a tolerant spirit which led him to seek to surround himself with the memorials of all systems , he had adopted among the rest that which he might learn from some of the ...
... possessed a taste for litera- ture and philosophy , and , with a tolerant spirit which led him to seek to surround himself with the memorials of all systems , he had adopted among the rest that which he might learn from some of the ...
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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.