An abridgment of the history of England ... to the death of George the second, continued, by an eminent writer, to the peace of Amiens1803 |
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... hundred and thirty thoufand fighting men . Thefe , exafperated by their wrongs , attacked fe- veral of the Roman fettlements and colonies with success ; Paulinus , who commanded the Roman forces , haftened to relieve London , which was ...
... hundred and thirty thoufand fighting men . Thefe , exafperated by their wrongs , attacked fe- veral of the Roman fettlements and colonies with success ; Paulinus , who commanded the Roman forces , haftened to relieve London , which was ...
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... hundred years , and now left the natives to the choice of their own government and kings . They gave them the beft inftructions the cala- mitous times would permit , for exercifing their arms , and repairing their ramparts , and helped ...
... hundred years , and now left the natives to the choice of their own government and kings . They gave them the beft inftructions the cala- mitous times would permit , for exercifing their arms , and repairing their ramparts , and helped ...
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... hundred men , under the command of Hengift and Horfa , who were brothers , and landed on the ifle of Thanet . There they did not long remain inactive ; but being joined by the British forces , they boldly marched against the Picts and ...
... hundred men , under the command of Hengift and Horfa , who were brothers , and landed on the ifle of Thanet . There they did not long remain inactive ; but being joined by the British forces , they boldly marched against the Picts and ...
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... hundred of his nobility were treacherously flaugh- tered , and himself detained as a captive . Afterthe death of Hengift , feveral other German tribes , allured by the fuccefs of their countrymen , went over in great numbers . A body of ...
... hundred of his nobility were treacherously flaugh- tered , and himself detained as a captive . Afterthe death of Hengift , feveral other German tribes , allured by the fuccefs of their countrymen , went over in great numbers . A body of ...
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... hundred and forty of the enemy with his own hand . But the Saxons were too numerous and powerful to be extirpated by the defultory efforts of fingle valour ; fo that a peace , and not conqueft , were the immediate fruits of his ...
... hundred and forty of the enemy with his own hand . But the Saxons were too numerous and powerful to be extirpated by the defultory efforts of fingle valour ; fo that a peace , and not conqueft , were the immediate fruits of his ...
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