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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... head of a gallant army of five legions and 2000 horse , on board a fleet of more than 800 ships , reached the coast of Britain , at the same place where he had landed the year before , and disembarked without opposition , as the Britons ...
... head of a gallant army of five legions and 2000 horse , on board a fleet of more than 800 ships , reached the coast of Britain , at the same place where he had landed the year before , and disembarked without opposition , as the Britons ...
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... head of the tribe or family . This patriarchal government , in its most pure and simple form , could not be of a very long continuance in any country , as all these tribes , becoming more and more numerous , gradu- ally approached ...
... head of the tribe or family . This patriarchal government , in its most pure and simple form , could not be of a very long continuance in any country , as all these tribes , becoming more and more numerous , gradu- ally approached ...
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... head of his son ; and on that false insinuation , Honorius issued a warrant of execution against him , and he was put to death in the year 408 , 412 The Vandals spread into Spain by a concession of Ho- norius , began there their kingdom ...
... head of his son ; and on that false insinuation , Honorius issued a warrant of execution against him , and he was put to death in the year 408 , 412 The Vandals spread into Spain by a concession of Ho- norius , began there their kingdom ...
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... head of these determined war- riors , they began to create a quarrel , by complain- ing , with as much bitterness as insincerity , that their subsidies were ill paid , and their provisions with- drawn ; but they soon took off the mask ...
... head of these determined war- riors , they began to create a quarrel , by complain- ing , with as much bitterness as insincerity , that their subsidies were ill paid , and their provisions with- drawn ; but they soon took off the mask ...
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... head of many war- like followers , and laid the foundation of the king- dom of the south Saxons , or Sussex , which included Surry , Sussex , the New Forest , and extended to the frontiers of Kent . Another tribe of Saxons , under the ...
... head of many war- like followers , and laid the foundation of the king- dom of the south Saxons , or Sussex , which included Surry , Sussex , the New Forest , and extended to the frontiers of Kent . Another tribe of Saxons , under the ...
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