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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... Scotland the foundations of small circular houses , capable of con- taining only one person , and called by the people of the country Druids ' houses . Druids ' houses . As to their revenue , besides a great part of the offerings ...
... Scotland the foundations of small circular houses , capable of con- taining only one person , and called by the people of the country Druids ' houses . Druids ' houses . As to their revenue , besides a great part of the offerings ...
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... Scotland , as far as the friths of Dunbarton and Edinburgh . Observations on that Period . The first colonies which came from Gaul , and took possession of Britain , were its earliest inhabit- ants ; and brought with them their native ...
... Scotland , as far as the friths of Dunbarton and Edinburgh . Observations on that Period . The first colonies which came from Gaul , and took possession of Britain , were its earliest inhabit- ants ; and brought with them their native ...
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... to carry on their conquests against the Britons . He entirely subdued the country now called Northum- berland , the bishopric of Durham , and some of the south - east counties of Scotland ; he then assumed Period 2. ] 39 HEPTARCHY .
... to carry on their conquests against the Britons . He entirely subdued the country now called Northum- berland , the bishopric of Durham , and some of the south - east counties of Scotland ; he then assumed Period 2. ] 39 HEPTARCHY .
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... Scotland ; he then assumed the crown , and the title of king of Bernicia . Nearly about the same time , Ella , another Saxon prince , having conquered Lancashire and the greater part of Yorkshire , took the title of king of Deiri ...
... Scotland ; he then assumed the crown , and the title of king of Bernicia . Nearly about the same time , Ella , another Saxon prince , having conquered Lancashire and the greater part of Yorkshire , took the title of king of Deiri ...
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... Scotland with an army , and reduces the Scots to such distress that their king is obliged , to preserve his crown , to make all the submissions required by Athelstan . Godfrid being dead , Constantine enters into a confederacy with his ...
... Scotland with an army , and reduces the Scots to such distress that their king is obliged , to preserve his crown , to make all the submissions required by Athelstan . Godfrid being dead , Constantine enters into a confederacy with his ...
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