 ... insomuch that some of them, though possessing plenty of milk, have not skill enough to make cheese, and are totally unacquainted with horticulture and other matters of husbandry. There are several states amongst them.  Ancient Earthworks - Page 99by James Charles Wall - 1908 - 143 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Gaelic Society of Inverness, Inverness Gaelic Society - 1885 - 402 pages
...states amongst them. In their wars they make use of chariots for the most part, as do some of the Celts. Forests are their cities ; for having enclosed an ample space with felled trees, here they make themselves huts and lodge their cattle, though not for any long continuance." The classical... | |
 | 1885 - 902 pages
...states amongst them. In their wars they make use of chariots for the most part, as do some of the Celts. Forests are their cities ; for having enclosed an ample space with felled trees, here they make themselves huts and lodge their cattle, though not for any long continuance." The classical... | |
 | Gaelic Society of Inverness, Inverness Gaelic Society - 1885 - 410 pages
...states amongst them. In their wars they make use of chariots for the most part, as do some of the Celts. Forests are their cities ; for having enclosed an ample space with felled trees, here they make themselves huts and lodge their cattle, though not for any long continuance." The classical... | |
 | Gerard Baldwin Brown - 1886 - 260 pages
...wicker work, and covered with heavy thatched roofs of conical form,' l and he records of the Britons that ' forests are their cities, for having enclosed...make themselves huts therein and lodge their cattle.' 2 In the case of the Teutons there is linguistic evidence of the same practice in the prevalence in... | |
 | Gerard Baldwin Brown - 1886 - 296 pages
...wicker work, and covered with heavy thatched roofs of conical form,'' and he records of the Britons that ' forests are their cities, for having enclosed...ample space with felled trees they make themselves lurts therein and lodge their cattle.' 2 ln the case of the Teutons there is linguistic evidence of... | |
 | William Forbes Skene - 1890 - 558 pages
...that they have many kings and princes ;'1 by another, ' that there are several states amongst them. Forests are their cities ; for having enclosed an ample space with felled trees, here they make themselves huts and lodge their cattle ; '2 when Csesar tells us of the inhabitants... | |
 | Strabo - 1892 - 574 pages
...the night, and did not arrive untiLUte following day at noon, the wind having failed about midnight. with felled trees, they make themselves huts therein, and lodge their cattle, though not for any long continuance. Their atmosphere is more subject to rain than to snow ; even in their clear days the mist... | |
 | Caesar Caine, Cæsar Caine - 1893 - 364 pages
...primitive construction. Strabo, the ancient geographer and historian, speaking of the Britons, says : " Forests are their cities ; for, having enclosed an...themselves huts therein, and lodge their cattle." A general idea of the position and extent of Eburacum (such was the name the Romans gave their settlement)... | |
 | Guy Carleton Lee - 1900 - 650 pages
...states among them. In their wars they make use of chariots for the most part, as do some of the Celti. Forests are their cities: for having enclosed an ample space with felled trees, here they make themselves huts, and lodge their cattle, though not for any long continuance. Their... | |
 | Guy Carleton Lee - 1900 - 642 pages
...states among them. In their wars they make use of chariots for the most part, as do some of the Celti. Forests are their cities : for having enclosed an ample space with felled trees, here they make themselves huts, and lodge their cattle, though not for any long continuance. Their... | |
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