History of the Ancient Britons, from the Earliest Period to the Invasion of the Saxons, Volum 1G. Bell, 1847 - 416 sider |
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... lands , whose arid soils and iron- bound surface disqualified them for the production of other than trees of a dwarfish and stunted growth . On the eastern and western coasts , more particularly in Lincolnshire and Somersetshire , lay ...
... lands , whose arid soils and iron- bound surface disqualified them for the production of other than trees of a dwarfish and stunted growth . On the eastern and western coasts , more particularly in Lincolnshire and Somersetshire , lay ...
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... expansive feelings Julius Cæsar would look upon this new found land , opening for the first time to his eyes , and perhaps also to the eyes of all who were then in his company . This was that B.C. 55. ] 15 CÆSAR'S INVASION .
... expansive feelings Julius Cæsar would look upon this new found land , opening for the first time to his eyes , and perhaps also to the eyes of all who were then in his company . This was that B.C. 55. ] 15 CÆSAR'S INVASION .
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John Allen Giles. who were then in his company . This was that land , of which poetry said so much and history so little : this was known to Cæsar as the fertile source from which the Phoenicians , the greatest commercial nation of ...
John Allen Giles. who were then in his company . This was that land , of which poetry said so much and history so little : this was known to Cæsar as the fertile source from which the Phoenicians , the greatest commercial nation of ...
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... land and mix with the barbarians ; and on the fifth day he returned to Cæsar , and reported what he had seen . " Whilst Cæsar was delaying in these parts to get together his vessels , ambassadors came from most of the towns of the ...
... land and mix with the barbarians ; and on the fifth day he returned to Cæsar , and reported what he had seen . " Whilst Cæsar was delaying in these parts to get together his vessels , ambassadors came from most of the towns of the ...
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... before fought in this way ; nor did they shew the same alacrity and zeal , which in all their battles by land they had hitherto displayed . " When Cæsar saw this , he directed his long 20 HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT BRITONS . [ CH.II.
... before fought in this way ; nor did they shew the same alacrity and zeal , which in all their battles by land they had hitherto displayed . " When Cæsar saw this , he directed his long 20 HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT BRITONS . [ CH.II.
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Side 183 - And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Side 181 - AND Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem ; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Side 185 - For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: 24 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
Side 10 - One of them is desert, but the others are inhabited by men in black cloaks, clad in tunics reaching to the feet, girt about the breast and walking with staves, thus resembling the Furies we see in tragic representations.
Side 185 - For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly.
Side 248 - He sets far distant like a meteor, that incloses a spirit of night, when the winds drive it over the heath, and the dark woods are gleaming around.
Side 317 - If, in the neighbourhood of the commercial and literary town of Glasgow, a race of cannibals has really existed, we may contemplate, in the period of the Scottish history, the opposite extremes of savage and civilized life.
Side 387 - Moreover, having heard of the departure of our friends, and their resolution never to return, they seized, with greater boldness than before, on all the country towards the extreme north, as far as the Wall. To oppose them, there was placed on the heights, a garrison, equally slow to fight, and ill adapted to run away, a useless and panic-struck company, which slumbered away days and nights on their unprofitable watch.
Side 186 - AS I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine...
Side 373 - Christ Himself commanded in their camp. The holy days of Lent were also at hand, and were rendered more religious by the presence of the priests, insomuch that the people being instructed by daily sermons, resorted in crowds to be baptized ; for most of the army desired admission to the saving water ; a church was prepared with boughs for the feast of the resurrection of our Lord, and so fitted up in that martial camp, as if it were in a city. The army advanced, still wet with the baptismal water;...