The Scotch-Irish: Or, The Scot in North Britain, North Ireland, and North America, Volume 1G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1902 |
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... PICTS XV - THE SCOTS AND PICTS XVI - THE BRITONS XVII - THE NORSE AND GALLOWAY XVIII - THE ANGLES 120 • 133 • 146 159 169 182 • 199 224 235 265 289 • 316 338 . 352 XIX - SCOTTISH HISTORY IN THE ENGLISH OR ANGLO - SAXON CHRONICLE XX ...
... PICTS XV - THE SCOTS AND PICTS XVI - THE BRITONS XVII - THE NORSE AND GALLOWAY XVIII - THE ANGLES 120 • 133 • 146 159 169 182 • 199 224 235 265 289 • 316 338 . 352 XIX - SCOTTISH HISTORY IN THE ENGLISH OR ANGLO - SAXON CHRONICLE XX ...
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... Picts , who are separated from the southern parts by steep and rugged mountains ; for the southern Picts , who dwell on this side of those mountains , had long before , as is reported , forsaken the errors of idolatry , and embraced the ...
... Picts , who are separated from the southern parts by steep and rugged mountains ; for the southern Picts , who dwell on this side of those mountains , had long before , as is reported , forsaken the errors of idolatry , and embraced the ...
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... Picts , inhabiting the northern parts of Britain , taught by frequent meditation on the ecclesiastical writings ... Pictish dynasty by Kenneth McAlpine , and the re - installation of the Scottish forms of worship . " The Roman Church was ...
... Picts , inhabiting the northern parts of Britain , taught by frequent meditation on the ecclesiastical writings ... Pictish dynasty by Kenneth McAlpine , and the re - installation of the Scottish forms of worship . " The Roman Church was ...
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... Picts of Scotland in the sixth century . Four of the Presidents of the United States and one Vice - president have been of Ulster ex- traction : James Monroe [ ? ] , James Knox Polk , John C. Calhoun , and James Buchanan . General ...
... Picts of Scotland in the sixth century . Four of the Presidents of the United States and one Vice - president have been of Ulster ex- traction : James Monroe [ ? ] , James Knox Polk , John C. Calhoun , and James Buchanan . General ...
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... Picts , and their kingdoms from each other . Impassable as they are on horseback , save in very few places , they can hardly be crossed even on foot , both on account of the snow always lying on them , except in summer- time only ; and ...
... Picts , and their kingdoms from each other . Impassable as they are on horseback , save in very few places , they can hardly be crossed even on foot , both on account of the snow always lying on them , except in summer- time only ; and ...
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Page 41 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Page 38 - When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty ; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
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