The History of Scotland: From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688, Volume 1W. Blackwood, 1867 - 650 páginas |
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... CHRONICLES AND THEIR IMPORT - KING KENNETH AND THE UNION OF THE PICTS AND SCOTS - ITS MYSTERIES - CONDITION OF THE SCOTS CELTS - THEIR HIGH PLACE IN CIVILISATION , 307-335 CHAPTER X. Narratibe to the End of Macbeth's Reign . THE ...
... CHRONICLES AND THEIR IMPORT - KING KENNETH AND THE UNION OF THE PICTS AND SCOTS - ITS MYSTERIES - CONDITION OF THE SCOTS CELTS - THEIR HIGH PLACE IN CIVILISATION , 307-335 CHAPTER X. Narratibe to the End of Macbeth's Reign . THE ...
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... chronicle , which leaves its practical nature in utter darkness , the historical philosopher takes it up , looks at it , and then writes about it at length , crowding his pages with conjectures about it , if his nature be sceptical ...
... chronicle , which leaves its practical nature in utter darkness , the historical philosopher takes it up , looks at it , and then writes about it at length , crowding his pages with conjectures about it , if his nature be sceptical ...
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... chronicle of the time which professes to be history and not romance is mixed up the narrative of the achievements of the prophet Ambrose Merlin . When Vortigern could not build his tower by reason of the sinking of the foundation , and ...
... chronicle of the time which professes to be history and not romance is mixed up the narrative of the achievements of the prophet Ambrose Merlin . When Vortigern could not build his tower by reason of the sinking of the foundation , and ...
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... chronicle , Pehiti of Witikind , and Pehts of ancient Scottish poets - and modern natives of Scotland and the north of England . " 1 Against such a complex ethnical genealogy as this it was not unnatural that the advocates of the Gallic ...
... chronicle , Pehiti of Witikind , and Pehts of ancient Scottish poets - and modern natives of Scotland and the north of England . " 1 Against such a complex ethnical genealogy as this it was not unnatural that the advocates of the Gallic ...
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... chronicles supplied a leader for the Saxons in Britain , calling him Hengest , they likewise provided for him an Asgard pedigree , making him sixth in descent from Odin . It is fortunate that in the abundance of old Norse literature we ...
... chronicles supplied a leader for the Saxons in Britain , calling him Hengest , they likewise provided for him an Asgard pedigree , making him sixth in descent from Odin . It is fortunate that in the abundance of old Norse literature we ...
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The History of Scotland: From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688 ... John Hill Burton Pré-visualização limitada - 2021 |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
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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Página 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.