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... chief ancient races of Persia and In- dia . The Celts were the first to arrive in the West , where they seized upon lands in Spain , in Gaul , and in Britain . which the Iberians had occupied before them . They did not , however ...
... chief ancient races of Persia and In- dia . The Celts were the first to arrive in the West , where they seized upon lands in Spain , in Gaul , and in Britain . which the Iberians had occupied before them . They did not , however ...
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... chief of the tribe of the Catuvellauni , who had subdued many of the neighbouring tribes , and whose stronghold was a stockade near the modern St. Albans . This chief and his followers harassed the march of the Romans with the rush of ...
... chief of the tribe of the Catuvellauni , who had subdued many of the neighbouring tribes , and whose stronghold was a stockade near the modern St. Albans . This chief and his followers harassed the march of the Romans with the rush of ...
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... chief of the Iceni , was publicly flogged , and her two daughters were subjected to the vilest out- rage . She called upon the whole Celtic population of the east and south to rise against the foreign tyrants . Thousands answered to her ...
... chief of the Iceni , was publicly flogged , and her two daughters were subjected to the vilest out- rage . She called upon the whole Celtic population of the east and south to rise against the foreign tyrants . Thousands answered to her ...
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... chief port of commerce was Londinium , the modern London . Attempts which have been made to explain its name by the Celtic language have failed , and it is therefore possible that an inhabited post existed there even before the Celts ...
... chief port of commerce was Londinium , the modern London . Attempts which have been made to explain its name by the Celtic language have failed , and it is therefore possible that an inhabited post existed there even before the Celts ...
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... chief's life . Of one Gesith it is told that , when he saw a murderer aiming a dagger at his chief , he , not having time to seize the assassin , threw his body between the blow and his chief , and perished rather than allow him to be ...
... chief's life . Of one Gesith it is told that , when he saw a murderer aiming a dagger at his chief , he , not having time to seize the assassin , threw his body between the blow and his chief , and perished rather than allow him to be ...
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Page 504 - So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, And in clear dream and solemn vision Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear...
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