The History of Scotland: From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688, Том 1W. Blackwood, 1867 - 650 стор. |
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... matters , and telling all he knew . Tacitus did not write to instruct the world about the Caledonians , but to create a sensation at home , where his parent's fame and merits were over- shadowed by the gloomy jealousy of Domitian . He ...
... matters , and telling all he knew . Tacitus did not write to instruct the world about the Caledonians , but to create a sensation at home , where his parent's fame and merits were over- shadowed by the gloomy jealousy of Domitian . He ...
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... matter , sounding like valuable and authentic information , and its pro- duction is one of the most curious incidents in literary history . The person who stepped forth as the lucky discoverer of so precious a relic was Charles Julius ...
... matter , sounding like valuable and authentic information , and its pro- duction is one of the most curious incidents in literary history . The person who stepped forth as the lucky discoverer of so precious a relic was Charles Julius ...
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... matter with authority : " After all , the works themselves furnish us with the best proof that the whole is one design , and the production of one period . It is difficult to conceive how any person can traverse the line of the barrier ...
... matter with authority : " After all , the works themselves furnish us with the best proof that the whole is one design , and the production of one period . It is difficult to conceive how any person can traverse the line of the barrier ...
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... matter of the text , but rumour imports that the new edition is to be still more profusely decorated . But the fireside archæologist may not be aware of the full extent of Dr Bruce's services to the cause . When he has filled his mind ...
... matter of the text , but rumour imports that the new edition is to be still more profusely decorated . But the fireside archæologist may not be aware of the full extent of Dr Bruce's services to the cause . When he has filled his mind ...
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... initiated , are , he suspects , con- demned by the rest of the world as about the most dreary and unread- able matter in all literature . his contemporaries mention with decorous gravity as with a sceptical 34 THE ROMAN PERIOD .
... initiated , are , he suspects , con- demned by the rest of the world as about the most dreary and unread- able matter in all literature . his contemporaries mention with decorous gravity as with a sceptical 34 THE ROMAN PERIOD .
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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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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.