Origins of the English People and the English LanguageD. Appleton, 1888 - 658 pagina's |
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Pagina xi
... army of Britons and Gauls , crosses over to the Continent , and establishes himself at Trêves as Emperor of the West- His drain upon the native population a cause of weakness to the country -Believed to have been the proximate cause of ...
... army of Britons and Gauls , crosses over to the Continent , and establishes himself at Trêves as Emperor of the West- His drain upon the native population a cause of weakness to the country -Believed to have been the proximate cause of ...
Pagina xv
... army - Departure of the Norman fleet - Landing of the Norman army at Pevensey - The Eng- lish army moves to meet the enemy - The opposite armies in camp the night before battle - The battle of Hastings - Victory of the Normans— Death of ...
... army - Departure of the Norman fleet - Landing of the Norman army at Pevensey - The Eng- lish army moves to meet the enemy - The opposite armies in camp the night before battle - The battle of Hastings - Victory of the Normans— Death of ...
Pagina 14
... army of such grim aspect.1 To the north of the Coritavi stretched a confederacy or collection of kingdoms , to which the Romans applied the name of Brigantia . We first hear of these confederate states about the year 50 , when their ...
... army of such grim aspect.1 To the north of the Coritavi stretched a confederacy or collection of kingdoms , to which the Romans applied the name of Brigantia . We first hear of these confederate states about the year 50 , when their ...
Pagina 35
... army in a swamp , and fled before the long - sought Brit- ons . " Too much , it was thought , had been made of a march along the high - road and the fording of a stockaded river ; the legions had been forced back to the coast by an army ...
... army in a swamp , and fled before the long - sought Brit- ons . " Too much , it was thought , had been made of a march along the high - road and the fording of a stockaded river ; the legions had been forced back to the coast by an army ...
Pagina 36
... army of four legions was landed on the southern coast , and Caractacus and his brothers were driven far to the west and afterward back to some great river , which may have been the Thames . The capture of Camulodunum , their great ...
... army of four legions was landed on the southern coast , and Caractacus and his brothers were driven far to the west and afterward back to some great river , which may have been the Thames . The capture of Camulodunum , their great ...
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