The History of Scotland: From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688, Volum 1W. Blackwood, 1867 - 650 sider |
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... Tacitus , the most powerful of Roman historians . The light thus cast on Scotland for a time is more remark- able for its brightness than for its clearness . It was brief , but sufficient to show to Rome that there was work in a distant ...
... Tacitus , the most powerful of Roman historians . The light thus cast on Scotland for a time is more remark- able for its brightness than for its clearness . It was brief , but sufficient to show to Rome that there was work in a distant ...
Side 3
... Tacitus , when the general had com- pleted his conquests , he set to the task of subduing the hearts of the conquered people by assimilating them to the Roman civilisation . The method in which this end was usually accomplished , was a ...
... Tacitus , when the general had com- pleted his conquests , he set to the task of subduing the hearts of the conquered people by assimilating them to the Roman civilisation . The method in which this end was usually accomplished , was a ...
Side 4
... Tacitus in 1852 , comparing the usual text with the best extant manuscripts . Among other corrections , for Taus he reads Tanaus . This opens up questions about the English and Scotch Tynes , and the corrector tries to settle the ...
... Tacitus in 1852 , comparing the usual text with the best extant manuscripts . Among other corrections , for Taus he reads Tanaus . This opens up questions about the English and Scotch Tynes , and the corrector tries to settle the ...
Side 5
... Tacitus , that the natives , when crossing it , were driven , as it were , into another island . He drops a reflection on the aptness of such a boundary for the empire , if the bravery of the Roman army , and the far reach of the Roman ...
... Tacitus , that the natives , when crossing it , were driven , as it were , into another island . He drops a reflection on the aptness of such a boundary for the empire , if the bravery of the Roman army , and the far reach of the Roman ...
Side 6
... Tacitus gives us a lively picture of camp life , showing how closely the fleet and the army co - operated . The soldiers and mariners would meet together in camp , and tell each other the adventures they had encountered , and the ...
... Tacitus gives us a lively picture of camp life , showing how closely the fleet and the army co - operated . The soldiers and mariners would meet together in camp , and tell each other the adventures they had encountered , and the ...
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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.