The History of Scotland: From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688, Volum 1W. Blackwood, 1867 - 650 sider |
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... Bede is the most to be depended upon , and by him we are in few words told that Ninian was the apostle of the south of Scotland , and that he built a church for him- self at the promontory of Whithorn in Galloway , the remains of which ...
... Bede is the most to be depended upon , and by him we are in few words told that Ninian was the apostle of the south of Scotland , and that he built a church for him- self at the promontory of Whithorn in Galloway , the remains of which ...
Side 67
... Bede . That this town was Roman , is very evident from the noble Roman mili- tary Way which runs through it . Here both inscriptions and medals have been dug up : I myself saw two beautiful silver coins of Vespasian and Antoninus Pius ...
... Bede . That this town was Roman , is very evident from the noble Roman mili- tary Way which runs through it . Here both inscriptions and medals have been dug up : I myself saw two beautiful silver coins of Vespasian and Antoninus Pius ...
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... Bede's History . There is a gulf between the narrator and his facts ; and it is only an exceptional respect for Bede , as an extremely honest narrator with a deep- sighted sagacity for scenting out historical truth , that will induce ...
... Bede's History . There is a gulf between the narrator and his facts ; and it is only an exceptional respect for Bede , as an extremely honest narrator with a deep- sighted sagacity for scenting out historical truth , that will induce ...
Side 181
... Bede , in what little he tells us of the early British Church , rates it for its degeneracy , and especially for the encouragement given by it to the Pelagian heresy . If we set aside the affluent list of saints and bishops in the Welsh ...
... Bede , in what little he tells us of the early British Church , rates it for its degeneracy , and especially for the encouragement given by it to the Pelagian heresy . If we set aside the affluent list of saints and bishops in the Welsh ...
Side 186
... Bede , writing in the early part of the eighth century , tells us that , besides the Latin , the Gospel was proclaimed in four native languages namely , the English , the Scots or Irish , the British , and - the Pictish . If this last ...
... Bede , writing in the early part of the eighth century , tells us that , besides the Latin , the Gospel was proclaimed in four native languages namely , the English , the Scots or Irish , the British , and - the Pictish . If this last ...
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Side 11 - Raptores orbis, postquam cuncta vastantibus defuere terrae, et. mare scrutantur : si locuples hostis est, avari ; si pauper, ambitiosi : quos non Oriens, non Occidens, satiaverit. Soli omnium opes atque inopiam pari affectu concupiscunt. Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium ; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.