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... British Association , expressly constituted for the purpose of giving a stronger impulse and a more systematic direction to scientific inquiry , embraced within its original scheme no provision for the encouragement of those investiga ...
... British Association , expressly constituted for the purpose of giving a stronger impulse and a more systematic direction to scientific inquiry , embraced within its original scheme no provision for the encouragement of those investiga ...
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... British Science . It has fared otherwise with Archæology . Rejected in its first appeal for a place among the sister sciences , its promoters felt themselves under no necessity to court a share in popular favour which they could readily ...
... British Science . It has fared otherwise with Archæology . Rejected in its first appeal for a place among the sister sciences , its promoters felt themselves under no necessity to court a share in popular favour which they could readily ...
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... British antiquaries . Based , as nearly all antiquarian pursuits in this country have heretofore been , on classical learning , it has been accepted as an almost indisputable truth , that , with the excep- tion of the mysteriously ...
... British antiquaries . Based , as nearly all antiquarian pursuits in this country have heretofore been , on classical learning , it has been accepted as an almost indisputable truth , that , with the excep- tion of the mysteriously ...
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... British Archæology . In Scotland this theory is much more comprehensive in its effects than in England , where the Anglo - Saxon element is recognised as the predominating source of later changes ; and now that the character of genuine ...
... British Archæology . In Scotland this theory is much more comprehensive in its effects than in England , where the Anglo - Saxon element is recognised as the predominating source of later changes ; and now that the character of genuine ...
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... British Museum contains the elements of a collection which , if arranged ethnographically and chronologically , would form the most valuable school of popular instruction that Government could establish ; and no other country rests ...
... British Museum contains the elements of a collection which , if arranged ethnographically and chronologically , would form the most valuable school of popular instruction that Government could establish ; and no other country rests ...
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Other editions - View all
The Archæology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland (Part - I) Daniel Wilson No preview available - 2022 |
The Archæology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland Daniel Wilson,Simpkin Marshall & Co,Sutherland and Knox No preview available - 2019 |
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Aberdeenshire aboriginal ancient Anglo-Saxon antiquities appears Archæol Archæological archæologist Argyleshire arts barrow belong bones British Britons Bronze Period brooch cairn Caledonian celt Celtic century character church circle cist civilisation copper cromlech curious decorated Denmark described diameter discovered discovery districts doubt Dumfriesshire earliest Edinburgh engraved evidence examples feet Fifeshire flint frequently furnished gold implements inches inscription interesting Iona Ireland Irish iron island Isles Julius Cæsar Kirkcudbrightshire Kirkwall later length measures medieval memorial metal monuments moss mould mound Museum native nearly northern occur origin Orkney parish peculiar perforated personal ornaments Perthshire Picts Plate possession preserved primeval primitive probably race referred relics remains remarkable rings Roman rude Runic Scandinavian Scot Scotland Scottish Antiquaries sculptured sepulchral shew side similar singular skeleton skull Society of Antiquaries standing stones Stone Period style sufficiently sword tion traces tumuli weapons Western Isles
Popular passages
Page 3 - The number of the dead long exceedeth all that shall live. The night of time far surpasseth the day, and who knows when was the equinox?
Page 279 - Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
Page 2 - Oblivion is not to be hired. The greater part must be content to be as though they had not been, to be found in the register of God, not in the record of man.
Page 218 - Centre, and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother Earth For treasures better hid.
Page 306 - O Sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food. And it came to pass when we came to the Inn, that we opened our sacks, and behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand. And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food : we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
Page 196 - And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass.
Page 80 - Wanting it, what savage unsocial nights must our ancestors have spent, wintering in caves and unillumined fastnesses! They must have lain about and grumbled at one another in the dark. What repartees could have passed, when you must have felt about for a smile, and handled a neighbor's cheek to be sure that he understood it ? This accounts for the seriousness of the elder poetry. It has a sombre cast (try Hesiod or Ossian), derived from the tradition of those unlanterned nights. Jokes came in with...
Page 80 - Things that were born, when none but the still night, And his dumb candle, saw his pinching throes.
Page 219 - The plad is tied round the middle with a leather belt; it is pleated from the belt to the knee very nicely.
Page 90 - Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches bend ; Nor of a theme less solemn tells That mighty surge that ebbs and swells And still, between each awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody.