Early BritainT. Fisher Unwin, 1889 - 382 pages |
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... east . He had even crossed the Rhine , and ravaged the territory of certain German tribes beyond it . Then , after ... eastern France , reaching northwards as far as the Cevennes , and westward to the Upper Garonne . CESAR PREPARES TO ...
... east . He had even crossed the Rhine , and ravaged the territory of certain German tribes beyond it . Then , after ... eastern France , reaching northwards as far as the Cevennes , and westward to the Upper Garonne . CESAR PREPARES TO ...
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... eastern Britain that concerned itself about his coming . The expedition , too , was certainly not a success . As has been said , he was three weeks in the island , and never advanced as much as a mile from the shore . III . CESAR IN ...
... eastern Britain that concerned itself about his coming . The expedition , too , was certainly not a success . As has been said , he was three weeks in the island , and never advanced as much as a mile from the shore . III . CESAR IN ...
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... east . At dawn , which would be about three hours after midnight , Britain was seen on the left hand lying to the west- ward . The fleet had drifted past the North Foreland . The oars were then got out , and , the tide turning again ...
... east . At dawn , which would be about three hours after midnight , Britain was seen on the left hand lying to the west- ward . The fleet had drifted past the North Foreland . The oars were then got out , and , the tide turning again ...
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... east of the island , which had hitherto been friendly . The Iceni were followed into rebellion by several dependent tribes . Ostorius acted with the old Roman energy . The main body of the legions was elsewhere , but he attacked the ...
... east of the island , which had hitherto been friendly . The Iceni were followed into rebellion by several dependent tribes . Ostorius acted with the old Roman energy . The main body of the legions was elsewhere , but he attacked the ...
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... east could not exercise a very direct influence on a turbulent tribe in the west . Anyhow the general found it necessary to take the field and to march against the Silures . Caradoc did not await the He did not suppose that I attack in ...
... east could not exercise a very direct influence on a turbulent tribe in the west . Anyhow the general found it necessary to take the field and to march against the Silures . Caradoc did not await the He did not suppose that I attack in ...
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Page 217 - But those things which I met with, either of the days of Ine my kinsman, or of Offa, king of the Mercians, or of Ethelbert, who first among the English race received baptism, those which seemed to me the rightest, those I have here gathered together, and rejected the others.
Page 158 - Go on quickly, I know not how long I shall hold out, and whether my Maker will not soon take me away.
Page 112 - Beda's list comprises Ella of Sussex, Ceawlin of Wessex, Ethelbert of Kent, Redwald of East Anglia, and Edwin, Oswald, and Oswy, of Northumbria. THE SAXON ERA.
Page 160 - Receive my head into your hands, for it is a great satisfaction to me to sit facing my holy place, where I was wont to pray, that I may also, sitting, call upon my Father ! And thus, on the pavement of his little cell, singing : ' Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost ; ' when he had named the Holy Ghost, he breathed his last, and so departed to the heavenly kingdom.
Page 157 - ... nights and days, From Heaven to Hell, where the Lord changed them all To Devils, because they his Deed and Word Refused to worship. Therefore in worse light Under the earth beneath, Almighty God Had placed them triumphless in the swart HelL There evening, immeasurably long, Brings to each fiend renewal of the fire; Then comes, at dawn, the east wind keen with frost Its dart, or fire continual, torment sharp, The punishment wrought for them they must bear.