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... side facing Gaul . Of description this side one angle , which is in Kent , where almost all the ships land from Gaul , looks toward the east ; the lower angle of this same side lies towards the south . Its length is about five hundred ...
... side facing Gaul . Of description this side one angle , which is in Kent , where almost all the ships land from Gaul , looks toward the east ; the lower angle of this same side lies towards the south . Its length is about five hundred ...
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... sides are unequal . Since and size of it extends obliquely from Europe the headland next the con- tinent , which they ... side measures 20,000 stadia ; so the entire circumference of the island is 42,500 stadia . Britain They allege that ...
... sides are unequal . Since and size of it extends obliquely from Europe the headland next the con- tinent , which they ... side measures 20,000 stadia ; so the entire circumference of the island is 42,500 stadia . Britain They allege that ...
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... side of Caledonia , whence the report arose for the whole ; but when you have entered this enormous and shapeless tract of land stretching to a great length , it narrows to a wedge . The Roman fleet , borne then for the first time about ...
... side of Caledonia , whence the report arose for the whole ; but when you have entered this enormous and shapeless tract of land stretching to a great length , it narrows to a wedge . The Roman fleet , borne then for the first time about ...
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... side , where the narrow sea affords a passage to Belgic Gaul . II . ACCOUNTS BY MODERN OBSERVERS Later travelers observed various geographical fea- tures , as , for instance , Paul Hentzner , a German , who visited England in 1598 and ...
... side , where the narrow sea affords a passage to Belgic Gaul . II . ACCOUNTS BY MODERN OBSERVERS Later travelers observed various geographical fea- tures , as , for instance , Paul Hentzner , a German , who visited England in 1598 and ...
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... side of this upland , three ranges of heights run athwart southern Britain to the north- east and the east , the first passing from the Wiltshire Downs by the Chilterns to the uplands of East Anglia , while the second and third diverge ...
... side of this upland , three ranges of heights run athwart southern Britain to the north- east and the east , the first passing from the Wiltshire Downs by the Chilterns to the uplands of East Anglia , while the second and third diverge ...
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Page 436 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned.
Page 410 - My loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery; but I assure you I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear...
Page 480 - Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions ; for opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.
Page 506 - ... a Liberty to Tender Consciences and that no man shall be disquieted or called in question for differences of opinion in matters of religion which do not disturb the peace of the kingdom...
Page 630 - ... through a wise and salutary neglect, a generous nature has been suffered to take her own way to perfection — when I reflect upon these effects, when I see how profitable they have been to us, I feel all the pride of power sink, and all presumption in the wisdom of human contrivances melt and die away within me. My rigor relents. I pardon something to the spirit of liberty.
Page 547 - Westminster do resolve that William and Mary, prince and princess of Orange, be and be declared king and queen of England, France and Ireland and the dominions thereunto belonging, to hold the crown and royal dignity of the said kingdoms and dominions to them, the said prince and princess, during their lives and the life of the survivor of them, and that the sole and full exercise of the regal power be only in and executed by the said prince of Orange...
Page 546 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of Parliament, is against law; 7.
Page 479 - Lords and Commons of England, consider what nation it is whereof ye are and whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to.
Page 459 - Majesty, that no man hereafter be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such like charge, without common consent by Act of Parliament...
Page 741 - It shall not be required as a condition of any child being admitted into or continuing in the school, that he shall attend or abstain from attending any Sunday school, or any place of religious worship, or that he shall attend any religious observance or any instruction in religious subjects in the school or elsewhere...