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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... chiefs , because the promotion of talent is dangerous to its em- ployers , and is impeded by the claims of the inte- rested and powerful ; -have often increased the evils of a voluptuary civilization , till states have subsided from ...
... chiefs , because the promotion of talent is dangerous to its em- ployers , and is impeded by the claims of the inte- rested and powerful ; -have often increased the evils of a voluptuary civilization , till states have subsided from ...
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... chief nor priest was suffered to have much power . Influence , not authority , was the characteristic of the shadowy government which they respected ; nobility arose among them from successful war ; and petty con- quests of an hostile ...
... chief nor priest was suffered to have much power . Influence , not authority , was the characteristic of the shadowy government which they respected ; nobility arose among them from successful war ; and petty con- quests of an hostile ...
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... chiefs and their friends wished to resist the invaders , but the others pre- ferred a voluntary emigration . Their difference of opinion produced a battle , and the survivors aban- doned their country to the Scythians . " But while one ...
... chiefs and their friends wished to resist the invaders , but the others pre- ferred a voluntary emigration . Their difference of opinion produced a battle , and the survivors aban- doned their country to the Scythians . " But while one ...
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... chief sovereignty of the Kelta was with the Bituriges , ( the inha- bitants of that part of France where Bourges is now situated , ) and that these gave a king to Kelticum . His name at that time was Ambigatus . The princes whom he sent ...
... chief sovereignty of the Kelta was with the Bituriges , ( the inha- bitants of that part of France where Bourges is now situated , ) and that these gave a king to Kelticum . His name at that time was Ambigatus . The princes whom he sent ...
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... chief- tain was great in Britain . Thus Cæsar affords suf- ficient evidence of the military and commercial intercourse between the two nations in his time ; a fact favourable to the opinion of the affinity be- tween some parts of their ...
... chief- tain was great in Britain . Thus Cæsar affords suf- ficient evidence of the military and commercial intercourse between the two nations in his time ; a fact favourable to the opinion of the affinity be- tween some parts of their ...
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æra afterwards Alaric ancestors ancient Saxons Angles Anglo-Saxon Armorica army Arthur attack authority barbarians barbaric battle became Bede BOOK Britain British Britons Cæsar called celebrated century Cerdic CHAP Chauci Cherusci Christian Chron Chronicle chronology Cimbri civil civilised civitates coast conquest Constantine Danube death deity destroyed Edda Elbe emperor enemies England Europe Euxine express Flor Francs Gaul German Gibbon Gildas Gothic Goths Gwrtheyrn Hengist Herodotus Hist Honorius human Ibid idol imperial inhabitants invaders invasion island Jeffry Jutes Keltic Kelts Kent Kimmerians king kingdom Krantz language Mascou Maximus mentioned Mercia military mind monath nations natives Nennius northern numbers ocean Odin Offa origin Orosius period Picts plunder Pontanus population provinces Ptolemy race regions reign remarks Rhine Roman empire Rome Saxons says Scythian Stilicho Strabo success sword Tacitus Theodosius tion tribes Welsh Weser Wessex Woden Zosimus