The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688: In Eight Volumes, Volym 1T. Cadell, (successor to A. Millar), 1770 |
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... throne , had defpoiled the island of those , who , in this defperate extremity , were beft able to defend it . The Picts and Scots , finding that the Romans had finally relin- quished Britain , now regarded the whole as their prize ...
... throne , had defpoiled the island of those , who , in this defperate extremity , were beft able to defend it . The Picts and Scots , finding that the Romans had finally relin- quished Britain , now regarded the whole as their prize ...
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... throne , accepted of a festival from Hengift , at Stonehenge ; where 300 of his nobility were treacherously flaughtered , and himself detained captive . But these stories seem to have been invented by the Welfh authors , in order to ...
... throne , accepted of a festival from Hengift , at Stonehenge ; where 300 of his nobility were treacherously flaughtered , and himself detained captive . But these stories seem to have been invented by the Welfh authors , in order to ...
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... throne of Mercia , the most extensive of the Saxon kingdoms . Apprehenfive , however , of a dangerous league against him , like that by which he himself had been enabled to overthrow Ceaulin , he had the prudence to refign the throne of ...
... throne of Mercia , the most extensive of the Saxon kingdoms . Apprehenfive , however , of a dangerous league against him , like that by which he himself had been enabled to overthrow Ceaulin , he had the prudence to refign the throne of ...
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... throne ,. had once embraced for converting the British Saxons . : IT happened , that this prelate , being then in a private station , had obferved in the market - place of Rome fome Saxon youths exposed to fale , whom the Roman ...
... throne ,. had once embraced for converting the British Saxons . : IT happened , that this prelate , being then in a private station , had obferved in the market - place of Rome fome Saxon youths exposed to fale , whom the Roman ...
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... throne . He is celebrated by Bede for two exploits , for establishing the fast of Lent in his kingdom , and for utterly extirpating idolatry ; which , notwithstanding the prevalence of that papal Christianity preached to the Saxons ...
... throne . He is celebrated by Bede for two exploits , for establishing the fast of Lent in his kingdom , and for utterly extirpating idolatry ; which , notwithstanding the prevalence of that papal Christianity preached to the Saxons ...
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