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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... troops , sailed eight miles farther , and after some resistance landed near Deal , and obtained immediately several advantages over the Britons , who , discouraged by the ill success of their effort , released Comius from the prison ...
... troops , sailed eight miles farther , and after some resistance landed near Deal , and obtained immediately several advantages over the Britons , who , discouraged by the ill success of their effort , released Comius from the prison ...
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... troops from the pursuit , and hastened to the sea coast , where a dreadful storm had driven almost all his fleet ashore , entirely destroyed forty ships , and damaged all the rest . ' While the Romans were repairing their fleet , the ...
... troops from the pursuit , and hastened to the sea coast , where a dreadful storm had driven almost all his fleet ashore , entirely destroyed forty ships , and damaged all the rest . ' While the Romans were repairing their fleet , the ...
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... troops ; but their wonted intrepidity soon revived at the exhortations of Sue- tonius , who impelled them to the attack , drove the Britons off the field , burned the Druids in the same fires which they had prepared for their captives ...
... troops ; but their wonted intrepidity soon revived at the exhortations of Sue- tonius , who impelled them to the attack , drove the Britons off the field , burned the Druids in the same fires which they had prepared for their captives ...
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... troops was unable to resist the cool intrepidity of the Ro- mans . Her army was routed with great slaughter ; 80,000 perished in the field , and an infinite number were made prisoners ; Boadicea herself , rather than fall into the hands ...
... troops was unable to resist the cool intrepidity of the Ro- mans . Her army was routed with great slaughter ; 80,000 perished in the field , and an infinite number were made prisoners ; Boadicea herself , rather than fall into the hands ...
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... troops into winter quar- ters in the several forts which he had built in the two preceding years . The following year was marked by a signal vic- tory , entirely due to the vigilance , bravery , and mi- litary talents of Agricola . He ...
... troops into winter quar- ters in the several forts which he had built in the two preceding years . The following year was marked by a signal vic- tory , entirely due to the vigilance , bravery , and mi- litary talents of Agricola . He ...
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