The History of the Castle, Town, and Port of DoverLongmans, Green, and Company, 1899 - 462 pages |
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... present at the sacrifices to the gods . This is their most severe mode of punishment , and those who have been thus punished are held as impious and profane ; all avoid them , no one will either meet them or speak to them , lest they ...
... present at the sacrifices to the gods . This is their most severe mode of punishment , and those who have been thus punished are held as impious and profane ; all avoid them , no one will either meet them or speak to them , lest they ...
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... present day : that their modes of living are frugal , and greatly differing from the luxury consequent on riches , " and from Pomponius Mela , " the Britons are uncultivated , and in proportion as they live a great distance from the ...
... present day : that their modes of living are frugal , and greatly differing from the luxury consequent on riches , " and from Pomponius Mela , " the Britons are uncultivated , and in proportion as they live a great distance from the ...
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... present county of Suffolk ; the Segontiaci occupied the greater part of the present counties of Hampshire and Berkshire ; the Bibroci inhabited a thickly wooded country containing the celebrated forest of Anderida , including a small ...
... present county of Suffolk ; the Segontiaci occupied the greater part of the present counties of Hampshire and Berkshire ; the Bibroci inhabited a thickly wooded country containing the celebrated forest of Anderida , including a small ...
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... present Sussex , and the Iceni , who dwelt in the present Norfolk and Suffolk . " With their aid , at the head of 40,000 men , he defeated the sons of Cunobeline . Togidumnus was slain , and Caratacus driven into exile . The defeat of ...
... present Sussex , and the Iceni , who dwelt in the present Norfolk and Suffolk . " With their aid , at the head of 40,000 men , he defeated the sons of Cunobeline . Togidumnus was slain , and Caratacus driven into exile . The defeat of ...
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... present day , and also of many not given in the Itinerarium of the Roman Empire compiled by Antoninus in the beginning of the fourth century . A main road existed between Dover and London , which conclusively proves that a considerable ...
... present day , and also of many not given in the Itinerarium of the Roman Empire compiled by Antoninus in the beginning of the fourth century . A main road existed between Dover and London , which conclusively proves that a considerable ...
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