The History of Scotland: From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688, Količina 1W. Blackwood, 1867 - 650 strani |
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... REMAINS - ANCIENT FORTRESSES -THE CATERTHUNS - DUNSINNANE HILL - OTHER INSTANCES- THE VITRIFIED FORTS - LAKE DWELLINGS AND STRENGTHS- THE CATRAIL - THE DANISH DUNES - MYSTERIOUS HILL - WORKS -TAPUC OF TORWOOD - THE LAWS - PICTS ' HOUSES ...
... REMAINS - ANCIENT FORTRESSES -THE CATERTHUNS - DUNSINNANE HILL - OTHER INSTANCES- THE VITRIFIED FORTS - LAKE DWELLINGS AND STRENGTHS- THE CATRAIL - THE DANISH DUNES - MYSTERIOUS HILL - WORKS -TAPUC OF TORWOOD - THE LAWS - PICTS ' HOUSES ...
Stran vii
... REMAINS WHAT WE GATHER FROM CLASSIC AUTHORS - WEAKNESS OF THEIR CON- TRIBUTIONS TO THE SOLUTION - THE PAINTED RACES EARLY INFLUENCE OF TEUTONIC RACES - THE SCOTS - ORIGINALLY A NAME FOR NATIVES OF IRELAND - CAME OVER IN COLONIES ...
... REMAINS WHAT WE GATHER FROM CLASSIC AUTHORS - WEAKNESS OF THEIR CON- TRIBUTIONS TO THE SOLUTION - THE PAINTED RACES EARLY INFLUENCE OF TEUTONIC RACES - THE SCOTS - ORIGINALLY A NAME FOR NATIVES OF IRELAND - CAME OVER IN COLONIES ...
Stran 12
... remains General Roy has tracked through Scotland as far as the borders of Aberdeenshire the progress of Roman troops , sufficient to make an army of 30,000 men , of whom he supposes that 26,000 might have been en- gaged in the great ...
... remains General Roy has tracked through Scotland as far as the borders of Aberdeenshire the progress of Roman troops , sufficient to make an army of 30,000 men , of whom he supposes that 26,000 might have been en- gaged in the great ...
Stran 14
... remains of Roman works corresponded with Richard's geography . After all , the hoax was not absolutely useless ; it stimu- lated inquiry , and in itself , what it professed to lay down on authority , were the guesses and theories of a ...
... remains of Roman works corresponded with Richard's geography . After all , the hoax was not absolutely useless ; it stimu- lated inquiry , and in itself , what it professed to lay down on authority , were the guesses and theories of a ...
Stran 21
... remains of the stone wall , still to be seen over long ranges of country , show that it varied between six and nine feet in breadth . Before the days of artillery this afforded superfluous strength . The perfection of the workmanship ...
... remains of the stone wall , still to be seen over long ranges of country , show that it varied between six and nine feet in breadth . Before the days of artillery this afforded superfluous strength . The perfection of the workmanship ...
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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.