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Page 349
... island and Gaul had ex- tended beyond the Channel . Consistently with this statement , Cæsar informs us that the Gauls in his time knew scarcely anything in detail of Britain . It was only , he says , visited by traders , who did not go ...
... island and Gaul had ex- tended beyond the Channel . Consistently with this statement , Cæsar informs us that the Gauls in his time knew scarcely anything in detail of Britain . It was only , he says , visited by traders , who did not go ...
Page 350
Strabo states that the remotest island to the north of Celtica ( or Gaul ) is Ierne , beyond Bri- tain , occupied by savages , and barely habitable from cold ( ii . 1. § 13. 17 .; ii . 5. § 8. ) . In another place he says that the island ...
Strabo states that the remotest island to the north of Celtica ( or Gaul ) is Ierne , beyond Bri- tain , occupied by savages , and barely habitable from cold ( ii . 1. § 13. 17 .; ii . 5. § 8. ) . In another place he says that the island ...
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... island . Saturn himself is confined in a deep cavern , sleeping on a golden - coloured rock , sleep being contrived by Jupiter as his chain . From the top of the rock birds fly down , and bring him ambrosia , which fills the whole island ...
... island . Saturn himself is confined in a deep cavern , sleeping on a golden - coloured rock , sleep being contrived by Jupiter as his chain . From the top of the rock birds fly down , and bring him ambrosia , which fills the whole island ...
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