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... land , in Perthshire , remarkable for being the place where the kings were anciently crowned . Here was once an abbey of great antiquity , which was burnt by the reformers at Dundee . Kenneth II . upon his conquest of the Picts in the ...
... land , in Perthshire , remarkable for being the place where the kings were anciently crowned . Here was once an abbey of great antiquity , which was burnt by the reformers at Dundee . Kenneth II . upon his conquest of the Picts in the ...
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... land according to their respective ranks . These encouragements induced 3750 persons to embark for the colony in 1749 , who founded the city of Halifax . The French colonists , fearing a persecution from the new government and colonists ...
... land according to their respective ranks . These encouragements induced 3750 persons to embark for the colony in 1749 , who founded the city of Halifax . The French colonists , fearing a persecution from the new government and colonists ...
Page 393
... land , and took Berwick . About this time the Scots were joined by a numerous tribe of the Murrays from Moravia , under their general Roderic , who assisted them in their wars , re- ceiving the county of Murray in reward of their ...
... land , and took Berwick . About this time the Scots were joined by a numerous tribe of the Murrays from Moravia , under their general Roderic , who assisted them in their wars , re- ceiving the county of Murray in reward of their ...
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... land , after a bloody battle ; and soon after left the island . Eugene died in his thirty - first year , A. D. 451 , and was succeeded by Dongard his brother . It was in Eugene's reign that the Bri- tons were reduced so low , that they ...
... land , after a bloody battle ; and soon after left the island . Eugene died in his thirty - first year , A. D. 451 , and was succeeded by Dongard his brother . It was in Eugene's reign that the Bri- tons were reduced so low , that they ...
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... land , where he defeated them , and passed the winter in Berwick . He then marched against the Cumbrians , who , being mostly Picts , were in alliance with the Danes . Them he easily over- came , and obliged to yield up all the lands ...
... land , where he defeated them , and passed the winter in Berwick . He then marched against the Cumbrians , who , being mostly Picts , were in alliance with the Danes . Them he easily over- came , and obliged to yield up all the lands ...
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Page 677 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
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Page 603 - We entertain a suspicion concerning any matter of fact when the witnesses contradict each other, when they are but few or of a doubtful character, when they have an interest in what they affirm, when they deliver their testimony with hesitation, or, on the contrary, with too violent asseverations. There are many other particulars of the same kind which may diminish or destroy the force of any argument derived from human testimony.