The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688Cadell and Davies, 1812 - Great Britain |
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... Romans . Saxons . - The Heptarchy.— - The Kingdom of Kent of Northumberland of East Anglia of Mercia of Essex - of Sussex - - -- of Wessex . The ANGLO SAXONS . Page 1 CHAP . II . Egbert . - - Ethelwolf . - Ethelbald and Ethelbert ...
... Romans . Saxons . - The Heptarchy.— - The Kingdom of Kent of Northumberland of East Anglia of Mercia of Essex - of Sussex - - -- of Wessex . The ANGLO SAXONS . Page 1 CHAP . II . Egbert . - - Ethelwolf . - Ethelbald and Ethelbert ...
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... Romans . Saxons . - The Heptarchy . - ― - The Kingdom of Kent - of Northumberland— of East Anglia —of Mercia of Mercia -- of Wessex . of Essex - of Sussex The BRITONS . T'of cucurring into the exploits and adventures HE curiosity ...
... Romans . Saxons . - The Heptarchy . - ― - The Kingdom of Kent - of Northumberland— of East Anglia —of Mercia of Mercia -- of Wessex . of Essex - of Sussex The BRITONS . T'of cucurring into the exploits and adventures HE curiosity ...
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... Roman than British story : We shall hasten through the obscure and uninteresting period of Saxon An- nals : And shall reserve a more full narration for those times when the truth is both so well ascertained and so complete as to promise ...
... Roman than British story : We shall hasten through the obscure and uninteresting period of Saxon An- nals : And shall reserve a more full narration for those times when the truth is both so well ascertained and so complete as to promise ...
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... Roman navigators or merchants ( for there were scarcely any other travellers in those ages ) brought back the most shocking accounts of the ferocity of the people , which they magnified , as usual , in order to excite the admiration of ...
... Roman navigators or merchants ( for there were scarcely any other travellers in those ages ) brought back the most shocking accounts of the ferocity of the people , which they magnified , as usual , in order to excite the admiration of ...
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... Romans , after their conquest , finding it impossible to reconcile those nations to the laws and institutions of ... Roman arms into a new world , then mostly un- known , he took advantage of a short interval in his Gaulic wars , and ...
... Romans , after their conquest , finding it impossible to reconcile those nations to the laws and institutions of ... Roman arms into a new world , then mostly un- known , he took advantage of a short interval in his Gaulic wars , and ...
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