The History of England: The history of the Anglo-Saxons from the earliest period to the Norman conquest ... In three volumes ... 6th ed. 1836Longman, Orme, Brown and Green, and Longman, 1839 - Great Britain |
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... Francs 138 Their use to the Saxons ib . CHAP . IV . The Application of the SAXONS to Maritime Expeditions . Naval exertions of the nations between the Rhine and Elbe - Voyage of Francs from the Euxine Its effects on the Saxons 140 142 ...
... Francs 138 Their use to the Saxons ib . CHAP . IV . The Application of the SAXONS to Maritime Expeditions . Naval exertions of the nations between the Rhine and Elbe - Voyage of Francs from the Euxine Its effects on the Saxons 140 142 ...
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... Francs , but their conquests were terminated by the opposition of Charlemagne , and their incessant civil feuds . THE incontrovertible fact , of the existence in Their chro- nological ancient Europe of at least three genera of lan ...
... Francs , but their conquests were terminated by the opposition of Charlemagne , and their incessant civil feuds . THE incontrovertible fact , of the existence in Their chro- nological ancient Europe of at least three genera of lan ...
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... Franc . p . 3. 64. , exhibits the Saxons as a progeny of Trojans . Lazius also makes them part " of the fatal relics of the Trojan war , " de Gent . Migrat . 19 . " This derivation was at one time the most popular . It is found in Witti ...
... Franc . p . 3. 64. , exhibits the Saxons as a progeny of Trojans . Lazius also makes them part " of the fatal relics of the Trojan war , " de Gent . Migrat . 19 . " This derivation was at one time the most popular . It is found in Witti ...
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... Francs , and to have become formidable to the Romans for their piratical enterprises . In the century which elapsed between Ptolemy and Carausius , the Saxons had greatly advanced in power and reputation , and they were beginning their ...
... Francs , and to have become formidable to the Romans for their piratical enterprises . In the century which elapsed between Ptolemy and Carausius , the Saxons had greatly advanced in power and reputation , and they were beginning their ...
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... Francs , slaughter and unrelenting devastation . So irre- 235-240- sistible was the tempest , that unless ( says the his- torian ) the Germans had escaped by their rivers , marshes , and woods , he would have reduced all Germany into ...
... Francs , slaughter and unrelenting devastation . So irre- 235-240- sistible was the tempest , that unless ( says the his- torian ) the Germans had escaped by their rivers , marshes , and woods , he would have reduced all Germany into ...
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