Early BritainT. Fisher Unwin, 1889 - 382 pages |
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... known as the Provincia , South - eastern France , reaching northwards as far as the Cevennes , and westward to the Upper Garonne . CESAR PREPARES TO CROSS . 13 his reasons , as II CÆSAR IN BRITAIN (First Expedition) 12-21.
... known as the Provincia , South - eastern France , reaching northwards as far as the Cevennes , and westward to the Upper Garonne . CESAR PREPARES TO CROSS . 13 his reasons , as II CÆSAR IN BRITAIN (First Expedition) 12-21.
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... reached the opposite shore as soon as did the horsemen . The Britons could not resist the combined attack of cavalry and infantry , but abandoned their position , and fled . Caswallon had now learnt by experience that a pitched battle ...
... reached the opposite shore as soon as did the horsemen . The Britons could not resist the combined attack of cavalry and infantry , but abandoned their position , and fled . Caswallon had now learnt by experience that a pitched battle ...
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... reached Gaul with- out any mishap . But when the ships were returning empty only a few reached their destination . Cæsar , however , would not wait . He crowded his troops on board such vessels as he had , and took them across without ...
... reached Gaul with- out any mishap . But when the ships were returning empty only a few reached their destination . Cæsar , however , would not wait . He crowded his troops on board such vessels as he had , and took them across without ...
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... reached , after passing through the country . of the Dobuni , with the Severn . Possibly the Med- way may be meant . Whatever was the river in question , the Romans crossed it unexpectedly , thanks to the skill of the Batavian cavalry ...
... reached , after passing through the country . of the Dobuni , with the Severn . Possibly the Med- way may be meant . Whatever was the river in question , the Romans crossed it unexpectedly , thanks to the skill of the Batavian cavalry ...
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... reached him . The forces which he was to take with him were in readiness , and included a troop of war elephants . He sailed from Ostia to Marseilles , traversed the length of Gaul overland or by navigable rivers , crossed over to ...
... reached him . The forces which he was to take with him were in readiness , and included a troop of war elephants . He sailed from Ostia to Marseilles , traversed the length of Gaul overland or by navigable rivers , crossed over to ...
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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.