Readings in English History Drawn from the Original Sources: Intended to Illustrate A Short History of EnglandGinn, 1908 - 781 pages Provides primary sources on Great Britain's history taken from works such as those by Tacitus, excerpts from Beowulf, Froissart, legal statutes, love letters, Fox's book of martyrs, diaries, personal letters etc. |
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... described in early writers than in those of the present day . Indeed , their opportunities for observation and their scientific training in geography were so much less , that it is to modern , not to ancient , authors that we must look ...
... described in early writers than in those of the present day . Indeed , their opportunities for observation and their scientific training in geography were so much less , that it is to modern , not to ancient , authors that we must look ...
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... described in a number of contemporary accounts . The Greek historian Dio Cassius , though he lived more than a hundred years after the occurrences , had access to many records that are now lost , and he gives a specially full account of ...
... described in a number of contemporary accounts . The Greek historian Dio Cassius , though he lived more than a hundred years after the occurrences , had access to many records that are now lost , and he gives a specially full account of ...
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... described in another of Tacitus ' works , his Annals . the island On the shore was standing the battle line of the enemy , 16. The bristling with arms and men , while women were running back Druids on and forth , after the fashion of ...
... described in another of Tacitus ' works , his Annals . the island On the shore was standing the battle line of the enemy , 16. The bristling with arms and men , while women were running back Druids on and forth , after the fashion of ...
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... described by Tacitus . The third year of the expedition brought to light new tribes , which were attacked even as far as the Tyne ( the name of an estuary ) . The enemy were thoroughly terrified by this attack , and although afflicted ...
... described by Tacitus . The third year of the expedition brought to light new tribes , which were attacked even as far as the Tyne ( the name of an estuary ) . The enemy were thoroughly terrified by this attack , and although afflicted ...
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... described by the his- ian Herodian , a contemporary of Severus . While Severus thus grieved at the dissolute life of his sons and their unbecoming attachment to public spectacles , he received letters from the prefect of Britain ...
... described by the his- ian Herodian , a contemporary of Severus . While Severus thus grieved at the dissolute life of his sons and their unbecoming attachment to public spectacles , he received letters from the prefect of Britain ...
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Page 625 - Britain ; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of right ought to have, full Power and Authority to make Laws and Statutes of sufficient Force and Validity to bind the Colonies and People of America, Subjects of the Crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever.
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