An abridgment of The history of England, to the death of George ii1777 |
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... arms , legs , and thighs , was left naked , and those parts were ufually painted blue . Their hair , which was long , flowed down upon their backs and fhoulders , while their beards were kept clofe fhaven , except upon the upper lip ...
... arms , legs , and thighs , was left naked , and those parts were ufually painted blue . Their hair , which was long , flowed down upon their backs and fhoulders , while their beards were kept clofe fhaven , except upon the upper lip ...
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... arms . Caractacus was the firft who seemed willing , by a vigorous effort , to rescue his country and repel its in- fulting and rapacious conquerors . This rude foldier , though with inferior forces , continued , for above nine years ...
... arms . Caractacus was the firft who seemed willing , by a vigorous effort , to rescue his country and repel its in- fulting and rapacious conquerors . This rude foldier , though with inferior forces , continued , for above nine years ...
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... arms ; all the other states foon followed the example ; and Boadi◅ cea , a woman of great beauty and mafculine fpirit , was appointed to head the common forces , which a- mounted to two hundred and thirty thousand fight- ing men ...
... arms ; all the other states foon followed the example ; and Boadi◅ cea , a woman of great beauty and mafculine fpirit , was appointed to head the common forces , which a- mounted to two hundred and thirty thousand fight- ing men ...
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... arms , and repairing their ramparts , and helped them to erect a - new a wall of ftone built by the emperor Severus across the island , which they had not at that time artizans fkilful enough among them- felves to repair . СНАР . П. THE ...
... arms , and repairing their ramparts , and helped them to erect a - new a wall of ftone built by the emperor Severus across the island , which they had not at that time artizans fkilful enough among them- felves to repair . СНАР . П. THE ...
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... Having made his obfervations , be returned to his retreat , and detaching proper emiffaries among his fubjects , appointed them to meet him in arms in the the foreft of Selwood , a fummons which they gladly HISTORY OF ENGLAND . P.
... Having made his obfervations , be returned to his retreat , and detaching proper emiffaries among his fubjects , appointed them to meet him in arms in the the foreft of Selwood , a fummons which they gladly HISTORY OF ENGLAND . P.
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