The History of Scotland: From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688, Том 1W. Blackwood, 1867 - 650 стор. |
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... say that in its third year the expe- dition found itself among new tribes , and wasted the country as far as the estuary of the Taus . Hence it has been written in history that Agricola in that year devastated Scotland as far as the ...
... say that in its third year the expe- dition found itself among new tribes , and wasted the country as far as the estuary of the Taus . Hence it has been written in history that Agricola in that year devastated Scotland as far as the ...
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... says that , but for the help which the marshes and forests gave the bar- barians in their flight , the affair would have ended the war . The historian next gives a lively sketch of the effect of this success on the demoralised Roman ...
... says that , but for the help which the marshes and forests gave the bar- barians in their flight , the affair would have ended the war . The historian next gives a lively sketch of the effect of this success on the demoralised Roman ...
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... says about this station and about the Grampian range , goes , with some other pieces of internal evidence , such as his dis- course upon Druids , Triads , and the like , to prove that the book is a for- gery . It professed to be a ...
... says about this station and about the Grampian range , goes , with some other pieces of internal evidence , such as his dis- course upon Druids , Triads , and the like , to prove that the book is a for- gery . It professed to be a ...
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... says it is a printer's blunder , which has passed current for four hundred years . The manuscripts he relies on tell him that Tacitus wrote not Grampius , but Groupius ( p . 194 ) . His reliance on the accuracy of this altered reading ...
... says it is a printer's blunder , which has passed current for four hundred years . The manuscripts he relies on tell him that Tacitus wrote not Grampius , but Groupius ( p . 194 ) . His reliance on the accuracy of this altered reading ...
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... says of it , — " There is another inscription in this University which is not of a large size , being only 1 foot 8 inches long , and 1 foot broad , and not at all ornamented ; yet it is the most invaluable jewel of antiquity that ever ...
... says of it , — " There is another inscription in this University which is not of a large size , being only 1 foot 8 inches long , and 1 foot broad , and not at all ornamented ; yet it is the most invaluable jewel of antiquity that ever ...
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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.