History of Great Britain and IrelandOliver and Boyd, 1868 - 517 trang |
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... nearly as much to do with this country as the battle of Bannockburn or of Waterloo . He tells us , that young Ascanius , who fled with his father Æneas from Troy , had a son named Brute , from whom this island was called Brutain or ...
... nearly as much to do with this country as the battle of Bannockburn or of Waterloo . He tells us , that young Ascanius , who fled with his father Æneas from Troy , had a son named Brute , from whom this island was called Brutain or ...
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... nearly as long before the Christian era as we are now living after it ; and while little more is truly known about Scotland a thousand years back than the names of a few chiefs or kings , the annalists profess to give us a minute ...
... nearly as long before the Christian era as we are now living after it ; and while little more is truly known about Scotland a thousand years back than the names of a few chiefs or kings , the annalists profess to give us a minute ...
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... nearly the same depth below it , to keep them steady , those who erected them must have been able to move solid stones about forty feet long , and weighing many hundreds of At Constantine , in Cornwall , one stone , thirty - three feet ...
... nearly the same depth below it , to keep them steady , those who erected them must have been able to move solid stones about forty feet long , and weighing many hundreds of At Constantine , in Cornwall , one stone , thirty - three feet ...
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... nearly proved fatal to the invaders : on the fourth night after the disembarkation a violent storm arose , which almost en- tirely destroyed their fleet , and cut off all hope of immediate return to Gaul . The natives , gaining ...
... nearly proved fatal to the invaders : on the fourth night after the disembarkation a violent storm arose , which almost en- tirely destroyed their fleet , and cut off all hope of immediate return to Gaul . The natives , gaining ...
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... nearly in a line with that raised by Adrian . Severus had not completed this barrier before the Caledonians again resumed the offensive . He thereupon commenced a hasty march northwards , determined to extirpate them , but was unable to ...
... nearly in a line with that raised by Adrian . Severus had not completed this barrier before the Caledonians again resumed the offensive . He thereupon commenced a hasty march northwards , determined to extirpate them , but was unable to ...
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