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 21
... slain in that fatal battle . Frantic with rage and despair after their defeat , they set fire to their own houses , and some of them even slew their wives and children , to prevent their being made slaves , which they esteemed more ...
... slain in that fatal battle . Frantic with rage and despair after their defeat , they set fire to their own houses , and some of them even slew their wives and children , to prevent their being made slaves , which they esteemed more ...
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... slain , and left the whole command of his countrymen to his bro- ther Hengist , who carried devastation into the most remote corners of Britain , and reduced to ashes its private and public edifices . The priests were slaughtered on 36 ...
... slain , and left the whole command of his countrymen to his bro- ther Hengist , who carried devastation into the most remote corners of Britain , and reduced to ashes its private and public edifices . The priests were slaughtered on 36 ...
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... slain in the battle ; and Edwin found no opposition in taking possession of the whole kingdom of Northumberland : he proved one of the best and greatest of the Anglo - Saxon kings . These northern conquerors were chiefly composed of ...
... slain in the battle ; and Edwin found no opposition in taking possession of the whole kingdom of Northumberland : he proved one of the best and greatest of the Anglo - Saxon kings . These northern conquerors were chiefly composed of ...
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... slain in battle . . Thus were united all the kingdoms of the Hep- tarchy in one great state , in the year 827 , about 378 years after the first arrival of the Saxons in Britain . The Scots and Picts did not perform any actions worthy of ...
... slain in battle . . Thus were united all the kingdoms of the Hep- tarchy in one great state , in the year 827 , about 378 years after the first arrival of the Saxons in Britain . The Scots and Picts did not perform any actions worthy of ...
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... slain in 784 by Cyneheard , a pretender to his crown , as being a brother to Segebert ; but he was himself murdered , and cut to pieces with all his followers , by the nobility and people of the country . BRITHRIC , 784 . Brithric , a ...
... slain in 784 by Cyneheard , a pretender to his crown , as being a brother to Segebert ; but he was himself murdered , and cut to pieces with all his followers , by the nobility and people of the country . BRITHRIC , 784 . Brithric , a ...
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