The History of Scotland: From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688, Količina 1W. Blackwood, 1867 - 650 strani |
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Stran 16
... seems not to have been known to him . He thinks , in fact , that there was in the days of Agricola a range known as the Grampians , but the battle was fought elsewhere , at a place called Groupius . Hence , as by a misprint they were ...
... seems not to have been known to him . He thinks , in fact , that there was in the days of Agricola a range known as the Grampians , but the battle was fought elsewhere , at a place called Groupius . Hence , as by a misprint they were ...
Stran 18
... seems the fleet got sight of Thule , usually hidden by winter and night . This has been a fugitive name , the geographers never having fixed on a permanent abode for it . The next point in which Roman history touches the northern part ...
... seems the fleet got sight of Thule , usually hidden by winter and night . This has been a fugitive name , the geographers never having fixed on a permanent abode for it . The next point in which Roman history touches the northern part ...
Stran 25
... seems certain , that it is the precedent from which the Britannia on the later copper coinage of the British empire has been copied . None of the inscriptions found near the wall give a distinct record of those who made it , and we ...
... seems certain , that it is the precedent from which the Britannia on the later copper coinage of the British empire has been copied . None of the inscriptions found near the wall give a distinct record of those who made it , and we ...
Stran 29
... seems to occupy the same line that the military eye of Agricola caught as the most available for cutting off ... seem to be written by one who lived at the same time as the legate of Antonine , whether the legate and the historian were ...
... seems to occupy the same line that the military eye of Agricola caught as the most available for cutting off ... seem to be written by one who lived at the same time as the legate of Antonine , whether the legate and the historian were ...
Stran 31
... seems certainly to have stood at Inner Avon , though now washed away by that river , which is one of the most considerable that cuts the wall . A brook passes by Rough Castle , and another by the station at Castlecary . The Peel of ...
... seems certainly to have stood at Inner Avon , though now washed away by that river , which is one of the most considerable that cuts the wall . A brook passes by Rough Castle , and another by the station at Castlecary . The Peel of ...
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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.