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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Page 25
... finding the island finally de- serted by the Romans , now regarded the whole as their prey , and attacked Severus's wall with all their forces . The Britons , almost subdued by their own 1 fears , had again recourse to the Romans in ...
... finding the island finally de- serted by the Romans , now regarded the whole as their prey , and attacked Severus's wall with all their forces . The Britons , almost subdued by their own 1 fears , had again recourse to the Romans in ...
Page 35
... finding no op- position to their inroads into Britain , renewed them daily , carrying devastation and ruin along with them . In the mean time the disciples of Pelagius , who was himself a native of Britain , having increased to a great ...
... finding no op- position to their inroads into Britain , renewed them daily , carrying devastation and ruin along with them . In the mean time the disciples of Pelagius , who was himself a native of Britain , having increased to a great ...
Page 54
... finding neither security nor employment in the island , fled to the continent . But the Britons dis- covered in the laws enacted by the Anglo - Saxons the origin of many ancient customs and institutions still existing , and in the form ...
... finding neither security nor employment in the island , fled to the continent . But the Britons dis- covered in the laws enacted by the Anglo - Saxons the origin of many ancient customs and institutions still existing , and in the form ...
Page 76
... finding no object for their rapine in that country , which they had already reduced to ruin , they suddenly turned back upon Mercia , and desolated the country with fire and sword . Burr- ked , despairing of success against an enemy ...
... finding no object for their rapine in that country , which they had already reduced to ruin , they suddenly turned back upon Mercia , and desolated the country with fire and sword . Burr- ked , despairing of success against an enemy ...
Page 78
... finding himself unable to sustain a siege , had , by one desperate effort , sallied out with his friends , and forced his way sword in hand through the besiegers , who were completely routed with great slaughter , and Hubba , their gene ...
... finding himself unable to sustain a siege , had , by one desperate effort , sallied out with his friends , and forced his way sword in hand through the besiegers , who were completely routed with great slaughter , and Hubba , their gene ...
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