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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... period in all the other states of Europe , the dates of which are placed in the margin . The division into periods I consider as the best means of facilitating the use of that artifi cial memory , by which certain ideas being once con ...
... period in all the other states of Europe , the dates of which are placed in the margin . The division into periods I consider as the best means of facilitating the use of that artifi cial memory , by which certain ideas being once con ...
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... 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 persons to whom the gods communicated their commands , 6 [ Period 1 . ROMAN INVASION .
... 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 persons to whom the gods communicated their commands , 6 [ Period 1 . ROMAN INVASION .
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... period to the year 121 , the Roman historians give no particular account of the affairs of Britain . They relate only , that in the year 121 , Adrian , visiting the several provinces of his empire , came over to Britain , and raised a ...
... period to the year 121 , the Roman historians give no particular account of the affairs of Britain . They relate only , that in the year 121 , Adrian , visiting the several provinces of his empire , came over to Britain , and raised a ...
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... period of his expedition into Bri- tain . He died at York in the year 211 , and in the beginning of the next century ( 25th of July 306 ) Constantius , the father of Constantine the Great , ended his life at the same place , after ...
... period of his expedition into Bri- tain . He died at York in the year 211 , and in the beginning of the next century ( 25th of July 306 ) Constantius , the father of Constantine the Great , ended his life at the same place , after ...
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... period to that of the final departure of the Romans , they sent at two different times ( in 416 and 418 ) one of their legions to support the Bri- tons against the new irruptions of the Scots and Picts . But at length , the Roman empire ...
... period to that of the final departure of the Romans , they sent at two different times ( in 416 and 418 ) one of their legions to support the Bri- tons against the new irruptions of the Scots and Picts . But at length , the Roman empire ...
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