A Chronological Abridgment of the History of Great-Britain, from the First Invasion of the Romans, to the Year 1763: With Genealogical and Political Tables ...T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1812 - Great Britain |
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... hands of the Druids ; as among the Britons , and a great part of the Gauls , at that period , the laws were not considered as the decrees of their princes , but as the commands of their gods ; and the Druids being considered as the only ...
... hands of the Druids ; as among the Britons , and a great part of the Gauls , at that period , the laws were not considered as the decrees of their princes , but as the commands of their gods ; and the Druids being considered as the only ...
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... hands , stripes , and even death , on those whom they had condemned . The Druids alone were also in possession of teaching the principles and performing the offices of religion among the ancient Britons . " So great 66 was the ...
... hands , stripes , and even death , on those whom they had condemned . The Druids alone were also in possession of teaching the principles and performing the offices of religion among the ancient Britons . " So great 66 was the ...
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... hands of the victor , put an end to her own life by poison . Suetonius was soon recalled by Nero ; and Cerealis , who after some interval received the command from Vespasian , extended by his bravery the terror of the Roman arms ...
... hands of the victor , put an end to her own life by poison . Suetonius was soon recalled by Nero ; and Cerealis , who after some interval received the command from Vespasian , extended by his bravery the terror of the Roman arms ...
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... hand to hand . The long , broad , unwieldy swords of the Caledonians , being quite unfit for such a mode of fighting , they were com- pletely defeated , and fled in straggling parties to- wards the neighbouring woods , facing about more ...
... hand to hand . The long , broad , unwieldy swords of the Caledonians , being quite unfit for such a mode of fighting , they were com- pletely defeated , and fled in straggling parties to- wards the neighbouring woods , facing about more ...
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... hands of two usurpers ( Carausius and Alutus ) . .. Ann . 211 to 305 . For more than seventy years after Severus's death , a profound peace prevailed in Britain , and little mention is made of its affairs by the historians . It is only ...
... hands of two usurpers ( Carausius and Alutus ) . .. Ann . 211 to 305 . For more than seventy years after Severus's death , a profound peace prevailed in Britain , and little mention is made of its affairs by the historians . It is only ...
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