The History of Scotland: From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688, Том 1W. Blackwood, 1867 - 650 стор. |
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... kind . The name of the place at the present day sounds like its name in classic litera- ture . Naturally it is supposed that the ancient author found the name , and gave it Latin or Greek inflections ; while on inquiry it will be found ...
... kind . The name of the place at the present day sounds like its name in classic litera- ture . Naturally it is supposed that the ancient author found the name , and gave it Latin or Greek inflections ; while on inquiry it will be found ...
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... 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 economy of the camp and the organisation and discipline of the army , give us no account of the principles ...
... 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 economy of the camp and the organisation and discipline of the army , give us no account of the principles ...
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... kind which , among modern stone buildings , is only to be found in those which aim at high excellence in the hewing and the laying of the courses . Where the wall passes from sandstone de- posits there would have been a temptation to ...
... kind which , among modern stone buildings , is only to be found in those which aim at high excellence in the hewing and the laying of the courses . Where the wall passes from sandstone de- posits there would have been a temptation to ...
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... kind in a very distinct shape . But use has been made even of this want of testimony . The practice of making such records had not , it is said , arisen in the time of Hadrian - it was in full fashion in that of Severus ; and yet in ...
... kind in a very distinct shape . But use has been made even of this want of testimony . The practice of making such records had not , it is said , arisen in the time of Hadrian - it was in full fashion in that of Severus ; and yet in ...
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... kind that have been discovered in Scotland . They are the stamps themselves , or the matrices with which impressions were made , whether on pottery or other articles . The inscription is in these , of course , inverted , in order that ...
... kind that have been discovered in Scotland . They are the stamps themselves , or the matrices with which impressions were made , whether on pottery or other articles . The inscription is in these , of course , inverted , in order that ...
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Сторінка 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.