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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... attending all abridgments , by introducing many entertaining anecdotes more or less probable , though equally destitute of proof ; but the only ob- ject of my endeavours and researches has been to collect in this work all the important ...
... attending all abridgments , by introducing many entertaining anecdotes more or less probable , though equally destitute of proof ; but the only ob- ject of my endeavours and researches has been to collect in this work all the important ...
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... attending them , he left it with a resolution never to return . The same opinion prevailed during the long reign of Augustus , and under his successors , Tiberius and Caligula ; and the civil wars , which prepared the way for the ...
... attending them , he left it with a resolution never to return . The same opinion prevailed during the long reign of Augustus , and under his successors , Tiberius and Caligula ; and the civil wars , which prepared the way for the ...
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... attended by his fleet , which supported the army in all its opera- tions . The Caledonians , alarmed , but not dismayed , at this sight , and relying on the superiority of their numbers , determined to take up arms and to defend their ...
... attended by his fleet , which supported the army in all its opera- tions . The Caledonians , alarmed , but not dismayed , at this sight , and relying on the superiority of their numbers , determined to take up arms and to defend their ...
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... two millions sterling annually . When the Romans took their final farewel of Bri- tain , an almost total dissolution of all order , law , and government attended their departure , and this wretched country was Period 1 . 29 ROMAN INVASION .
... two millions sterling annually . When the Romans took their final farewel of Bri- tain , an almost total dissolution of all order , law , and government attended their departure , and this wretched country was Period 1 . 29 ROMAN INVASION .
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... attended their departure , and this wretched country was soon plunged into the most deplorable darkness , ignorance , and confusion , though adorned with many noble monuments of Roman art and industry ; crowded with cities , towns , and ...
... attended their departure , and this wretched country was soon plunged into the most deplorable darkness , ignorance , and confusion , though adorned with many noble monuments of Roman art and industry ; crowded with cities , towns , and ...
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