Introduction to the Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, Intituled the Beauties of England and Wales: Comprising Observations on the History and Antiquities ... Together with Remarks on the Progress of ... Architecture in Succeeding AgesJ. Harris [and 11 others], 1818 - 676 стор. |
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... ANCIENT BRITONS . The period at which Britain was first peopled , and the district from which its population proceeded , are subjects entirely open to the conjectures of the inquisitive . In common with most other nations , the British ...
... ANCIENT BRITONS . The period at which Britain was first peopled , and the district from which its population proceeded , are subjects entirely open to the conjectures of the inquisitive . In common with most other nations , the British ...
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... ancient possession of the island , will be noticed in a future page . The compulsory brevity of a writer who treats on the first popu lation of Britain , a subject naturally obscure , will create no sur- prise , and perhaps little ...
... ancient possession of the island , will be noticed in a future page . The compulsory brevity of a writer who treats on the first popu lation of Britain , a subject naturally obscure , will create no sur- prise , and perhaps little ...
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... ancient Britain , which accompanies this section of our work , exhibits , as nearly as can be ascertained , the si- tuation of each tribe , both Celtic and Belgic , AT THE PERIOD OF JULIUS CÆSAR'S FIRST INVASION OF THIS ISLAND . The ...
... ancient Britain , which accompanies this section of our work , exhibits , as nearly as can be ascertained , the si- tuation of each tribe , both Celtic and Belgic , AT THE PERIOD OF JULIUS CÆSAR'S FIRST INVASION OF THIS ISLAND . The ...
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... ancient geographers in the counties of Oxford , Gloucester , and Worcester . § In the " Beauties " for Oxfordshire , it is sug- gested , that the appellation of Dobuni signifies a race possessing lands See the Durotriges noticed ...
... ancient geographers in the counties of Oxford , Gloucester , and Worcester . § In the " Beauties " for Oxfordshire , it is sug- gested , that the appellation of Dobuni signifies a race possessing lands See the Durotriges noticed ...
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... ancient inhabitants of Mid- dlesex . In concluding this brief geographical survey of the population of ancient Britain , it is desirable to remind the reader that we shall certainly fall into a considerable error , if we believe that ...
... ancient inhabitants of Mid- dlesex . In concluding this brief geographical survey of the population of ancient Britain , it is desirable to remind the reader that we shall certainly fall into a considerable error , if we believe that ...
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