The Pictorial History of England: Being, a History of the People, as Well as a History of the Kingdom, Volume 1C. Knight & Company, 1841 - Great Britain |
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Page 19
... conquest by the Danes , got the name of Insegaoll , which signifies the islands in- habited by strangers . Circumstances of a like nature gave the names of Galloway and Galway to the districts of country known by these appellations in ...
... conquest by the Danes , got the name of Insegaoll , which signifies the islands in- habited by strangers . Circumstances of a like nature gave the names of Galloway and Galway to the districts of country known by these appellations in ...
Page 26
... conquest and glory alone might have been a sufficient incentive to Cæsar , but a recent and philosophic writer assigns other probable motives for his expeditions into Britain , such as his desire of dazzling his coun- trymen , and of ...
... conquest and glory alone might have been a sufficient incentive to Cæsar , but a recent and philosophic writer assigns other probable motives for his expeditions into Britain , such as his desire of dazzling his coun- trymen , and of ...
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... conquest and territory , and under the empire they had as many as twenty - five or thirty legions , even in time of peace . The infantry of each legion was divided into ten cohorts . The first cohort , which had the custody of the eagle ...
... conquest and territory , and under the empire they had as many as twenty - five or thirty legions , even in time of peace . The infantry of each legion was divided into ten cohorts . The first cohort , which had the custody of the eagle ...
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... ; he was beloved by his army , and well ac- quainted with the country ; and now , before he left the supreme command , he completed the conquest He of South Britain , and showed the victorious eagles of. 44 [ BOOK I. HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
... ; he was beloved by his army , and well ac- quainted with the country ; and now , before he left the supreme command , he completed the conquest He of South Britain , and showed the victorious eagles of. 44 [ BOOK I. HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
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... conquest of Mona ; for scarcely had Suetonius turned his back when they repossessed themselves of that island . Having made this successful be- ginning , and also chastised the Ordovices , who had cut a division of cavalry to pieces ...
... conquest of Mona ; for scarcely had Suetonius turned his back when they repossessed themselves of that island . Having made this successful be- ginning , and also chastised the Ordovices , who had cut a division of cavalry to pieces ...
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