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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... seize the reins government . The unfortunate Britons had lost , with the Roman regular forces , the flower of their own youth , which had followed them ; and the rest , by the policy of the Romans , had been so long de- prived of the ...
... seize the reins government . The unfortunate Britons had lost , with the Roman regular forces , the flower of their own youth , which had followed them ; and the rest , by the policy of the Romans , had been so long de- prived of the ...
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... seized with remorse for the cruel- ties he had committed in his wars , he took a journey to Rome , where he died . He was succeeded by his cousin Ina , a prince of great merit . INA , 689 . Ina obtained a great victory over the King of ...
... seized with remorse for the cruel- ties he had committed in his wars , he took a journey to Rome , where he died . He was succeeded by his cousin Ina , a prince of great merit . INA , 689 . Ina obtained a great victory over the King of ...
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... seized soon after with the fashionable frenzy of those times . He went to Rome , in the fifth year of his reign , to embrace the monastic life . CEOLRED , 709 . Ceolred , the son of Ethelred , succeeded Cenred , and reigned seven years ...
... seized soon after with the fashionable frenzy of those times . He went to Rome , in the fifth year of his reign , to embrace the monastic life . CEOLRED , 709 . Ceolred , the son of Ethelred , succeeded Cenred , and reigned seven years ...
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... seized the crown , of which he kept possession only two years . OSRIC , 718 . This prince , who was a second son of Aldfrid , succeeded Cenred , and died in 726 , without having performed any thing memorable . CEOLWOLF , 726 . Ceolwolf ...
... seized the crown , of which he kept possession only two years . OSRIC , 718 . This prince , who was a second son of Aldfrid , succeeded Cenred , and died in 726 , without having performed any thing memorable . CEOLWOLF , 726 . Ceolwolf ...
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... seized by bold usurpers , who had no connec- tion with the reigning family ; which first involved these kingdoms in confusion , and at last in ruin . The Anglo - Saxons , at their arrival in Britain , as all the northern nations who ...
... seized by bold usurpers , who had no connec- tion with the reigning family ; which first involved these kingdoms in confusion , and at last in ruin . The Anglo - Saxons , at their arrival in Britain , as all the northern nations who ...
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