The Pictorial History of England: Being a History of the People, as Well as a History of the Kingdom, Volume 1Charles Knight and Company, 1838 |
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... Arms and Costume of Danish Warriors 151 · 53 102 Silver Coin of Ethelwulf 56 58 · 103 Arms and Costume of an Anglo - Saxon King and Armour- Bearer 152 156 59 104 Alfred and the Pilgrim . - B . West 62 63 105 Alfred's Jewel . Found at ...
... Arms and Costume of Danish Warriors 151 · 53 102 Silver Coin of Ethelwulf 56 58 · 103 Arms and Costume of an Anglo - Saxon King and Armour- Bearer 152 156 59 104 Alfred and the Pilgrim . - B . West 62 63 105 Alfred's Jewel . Found at ...
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... arms , we reach a point where they were de- cidedly inferior to the Romans ; and a cause , per- haps , as principal as any other , of their invariable defeat when they came to close combat . Their swords were long and unwieldy , without ...
... arms , we reach a point where they were de- cidedly inferior to the Romans ; and a cause , per- haps , as principal as any other , of their invariable defeat when they came to close combat . Their swords were long and unwieldy , without ...
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... arms and loose modes of fighting , and did all the duties of light troops . Their number varied according to circumstances , being seldom much inferior to that of the legions ; but in Britain , where mention of the barbarian auxiliaries ...
... arms and loose modes of fighting , and did all the duties of light troops . Their number varied according to circumstances , being seldom much inferior to that of the legions ; but in Britain , where mention of the barbarian auxiliaries ...
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... arms will soon make the island and its savage inhabitants better known , parations , at first offered no resistance ; and when they took the field under Caractacus and Togodum- nus , sons of the deceased Cunobelinus , who is sup- posed ...
... arms will soon make the island and its savage inhabitants better known , parations , at first offered no resistance ; and when they took the field under Caractacus and Togodum- nus , sons of the deceased Cunobelinus , who is sup- posed ...
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... arms was the worst consequence that could result from defeat in a war which they had not yet essayed . It would also naturally occur to them that if the Romans were permitted to coop them up within military posts , and sever them from ...
... arms was the worst consequence that could result from defeat in a war which they had not yet essayed . It would also naturally occur to them that if the Romans were permitted to coop them up within military posts , and sever them from ...
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