Origins of English HistoryB. Quaritch, 1882 - 458 sider |
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... Roman invasions - usually classed as Celts - are divided into the Gaulish stock , which is first described as far as materials exist , and the Celts or Gaels of an earlier migration , whose colonies were found in every part of the ...
... Roman invasions - usually classed as Celts - are divided into the Gaulish stock , which is first described as far as materials exist , and the Celts or Gaels of an earlier migration , whose colonies were found in every part of the ...
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... Roman Province of Britain , and an account of the English Conquest down to the period when Christianity was established . In conclusion the writer desires to express his obli- gations to the many kind friends who have assisted him ...
... Roman Province of Britain , and an account of the English Conquest down to the period when Christianity was established . In conclusion the writer desires to express his obli- gations to the many kind friends who have assisted him ...
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... Roman orators - State under Agricola , the Plantagenets and Elizabeth - Absence of genuine early descrip- tions - Sources of the statements of Bede and his school - Notice of British pearl - fisheries - Comparison of the accounts of ...
... Roman orators - State under Agricola , the Plantagenets and Elizabeth - Absence of genuine early descrip- tions - Sources of the statements of Bede and his school - Notice of British pearl - fisheries - Comparison of the accounts of ...
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Charles Isaac Elton. CHAPTER X I. THE ROMAN PROVINCE OF BRITAIN . Character of the Roman Conquest - The century of peace after Cæsar's invasion -Increase of commerce with Gaul - Fresh settlements of Gauls in Britain - The Artrebates ...
Charles Isaac Elton. CHAPTER X I. THE ROMAN PROVINCE OF BRITAIN . Character of the Roman Conquest - The century of peace after Cæsar's invasion -Increase of commerce with Gaul - Fresh settlements of Gauls in Britain - The Artrebates ...
Side 1
... Roman invasions to the time when the English accepted the Christian religion and the civilising influences of the Church . The subject must always be interesting to those who care to trace the development of society from its remote and ...
... Roman invasions to the time when the English accepted the Christian religion and the civilising influences of the Church . The subject must always be interesting to those who care to trace the development of society from its remote and ...
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afterwards amber ancient Antiqu appears Archæol atque Avienus barrows Bede Borough-English Brit Britain Britannia British Britons bronze Cæsar called Cambr Cassiterides Celtic Celts century A.D. chieftains Chronicle Cimbri circa coast Compare conquest Cornwall custom descended described districts Druids Eccl eldest English Ermin Street forest Gaul Gaulish German gods Greek Grimm Hist ibid inhabitants inscriptions Ireland Irish island Isle Julius Cæsar Kemble Kent kind King kingdom land legend Mabinogion Mythol nations Nennius northern Olaus Magnus origin passage Picts Pliny Posidonius province Pytheas quæ quam quod race region Revue Celtique Roman round Saxons Scotland seems Septent shore Solinus stone story Strabo sunt Tacitus temple Thule traced travellers tribes voyage Wales wall Welsh wild worship youngest γὰρ δὲ διὰ ἐν καὶ κατὰ μὲν περὶ τὰ τε τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῖς τὸν τοῦ τῶν
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Side 82 - And portance in my travel's history; Wherein of antres vast, and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak, — such was the process; And of the Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders.
Side 12 - Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
Side 295 - This I give to thee, preserve thou my horses ; this to thee, preserve thou my sheep; and so on.' After that, they use the same ceremony to the noxious animals : ' This I give to thee, O fox ! spare thou my lambs; this to thee, O hooded crow ! this to thee, 0 eagle !' When the ceremony is over, they dine on the caudle...
Side 294 - On that, every one takes a cake of oatmeal, upon which are raised nine square knobs, each dedicated to some particular being, the supposed preserver of their flocks and herds, or to some particular animal, the real destroyer of them. Each person then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and, flinging it over his shoulder, says, " This I give to thee, preserve thou my horses : this to thee, preserve thou my sheep ;
Side 294 - The rites begin with spilling some of the caudle on the ground, by way of libation: on that, every one takes a cake of oatmeal, upon which are raised nine square knobs, each dedicated to some particular being, the supposed preserver of their flocks and herds, or to some particular animal, the real destroyer of them: each person then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his shoulders, says, This I give to thee, preserve thou my horses; this to thee, preserve thou my...
Side 137 - ... and every man drives in three for each wife that he marries. Now the men have all many wives apiece; and this is the way in which they live. Each has his own hut, wherein he dwells, upon one of the platforms, and each has also a trap-door giving access to the lake beneath...
Side 394 - ... carrying it up and down the town in great jollity on Midsummer Eve, to which they added the picture of a giant, was in all likelihood first instituted.4 BURFORD, Co.
Side 81 - And that is the reason why the sea in those parts is impassable and impenetrable, because there is such a quantity of shallow mud in the way; and this was caused by the subsidence of the island.
Side 425 - Ac fuit antea tempus, cum Germanos Galli virtute superarent, ultro bella inferrent, propter hominum multitudinem agrique inopiam trans Rhenum colonias mitterent.
Side 33 - A Woman sitting down, takes a handful of Corn, holding it by the Stalks in her left hand, and then sets fire to the Ears, which are presently in a flame ; she has a Stick in her right hand, which she manages very dexterously, beating off the Grain at the very Instant, when the Husk is quite burnt, for if she miss of that, she must use the Kiln ; but Experience has taught them this Art to perfection. The Corn may be so dressed, winowed, ground, and baked within an Hour after reaping from the Ground.