The History of Scotland: From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688, Volum 1W. Blackwood, 1867 - 650 sider |
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Side 60
... map does at the boundary of the territory to which it ap- plies . It is from that source that the topography of Roman England has been best supplied , and it must be inferred , that while the author of the Itinerary , whoever he was ...
... map does at the boundary of the territory to which it ap- plies . It is from that source that the topography of Roman England has been best supplied , and it must be inferred , that while the author of the Itinerary , whoever he was ...
Side 61
... maps it stands at right angles to Eng- land , striking eastward into the German Ocean , so as almost to abut upon Norway . It has been supposed that this was not the arrangement of the great geo- grapher himself , but the doing of some ...
... maps it stands at right angles to Eng- land , striking eastward into the German Ocean , so as almost to abut upon Norway . It has been supposed that this was not the arrangement of the great geo- grapher himself , but the doing of some ...
Side 63
... This could only have been the work of the Romans ; and the short his- tory of this place seems to be , that after having been abandoned by that We are driven at last from books and maps to GEOGRAPHY , A.D. 80-400 . 63.
... This could only have been the work of the Romans ; and the short his- tory of this place seems to be , that after having been abandoned by that We are driven at last from books and maps to GEOGRAPHY , A.D. 80-400 . 63.
Side 64
... maps to find the chief settlements of the Romans on the spots where those relics of their sojourn already referred to have been found . Among these Edinburgh is con- spicuous , both for the smaller vestiges of Roman pre- sence and the ...
... maps to find the chief settlements of the Romans on the spots where those relics of their sojourn already referred to have been found . Among these Edinburgh is con- spicuous , both for the smaller vestiges of Roman pre- sence and the ...
Side 89
... in large and emphatic organic remains . Lastly , here and there , both in the mountains and the flatter dis- tricts , are tracts of the diluvium already referred to . The map at once shows Scotland to be a country GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS .
... in large and emphatic organic remains . Lastly , here and there , both in the mountains and the flatter dis- tricts , are tracts of the diluvium already referred to . The map at once shows Scotland to be a country GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS .
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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.