A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans, المجلد 1A. Fullarton, 1849 - 503 من الصفحات |
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... head . Of the Thracian race , the people known by the primary or generic denomination of Getæ , formed a considerable branch . In Europe the dominions of the Thracians lay between the Euxine and the Adriatic , and were bordered on the ...
... head . Of the Thracian race , the people known by the primary or generic denomination of Getæ , formed a considerable branch . In Europe the dominions of the Thracians lay between the Euxine and the Adriatic , and were bordered on the ...
الصفحة xvii
... head of Cyrus the Great , whom she had van- quished in battle and made prisoner . " The nomadic Scythians ( says Herodotus ) , living in Asia , being overmatched in war by the Massagetæ , passing the river Araxes , emigrated into the ...
... head of Cyrus the Great , whom she had van- quished in battle and made prisoner . " The nomadic Scythians ( says Herodotus ) , living in Asia , being overmatched in war by the Massagetæ , passing the river Araxes , emigrated into the ...
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... head , the Taixalorum promontorium of the Romans , was included in this district . Devana , on the northern side of the Dee , six miles above its influx into the sea , was their principal town , which stood on the site of Normandykes of ...
... head , the Taixalorum promontorium of the Romans , was included in this district . Devana , on the northern side of the Dee , six miles above its influx into the sea , was their principal town , which stood on the site of Normandykes of ...
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... Head , Virvedrum , or Duncansby- Head , and Tarvedrum or the Orcas promontorium , the Dunnet - Head of the present times . The Carnabii of Caithness , like those of Cornwall , derived their appellation from their residence on remarkable ...
... Head , Virvedrum , or Duncansby- Head , and Tarvedrum or the Orcas promontorium , the Dunnet - Head of the present times . The Carnabii of Caithness , like those of Cornwall , derived their appellation from their residence on remarkable ...
الصفحة 16
... heads . The hatchets which have been usually found are generally of flint , and are commonly called celts , a term which antiquaries have been unable to explain . An etymolo- gist would derive the name from the British word celt ...
... heads . The hatchets which have been usually found are generally of flint , and are commonly called celts , a term which antiquaries have been unable to explain . An etymolo- gist would derive the name from the British word celt ...
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Aberdeen afterwards ancient Angus appear apprehended Argyle army arrived attack bards battle Berridale Bishop Britons brother Cæsar Caledonians called camp castle cattle Celtic Celts chief Clan Gun Clandonald command council covenanters death dialects Donald Mackay earl of Caithness earl of Huntly earl of Sutherland Edinburgh enemy entered father favour force friends Frith Gaelic Gaul Grant Highlanders horse Houcheon immediately inhabitants Inverness Ireland Irish island Isles James John Kenneth killed king laird lands language Lord Berridale Lord Forbes Lorn Macdonald Mackintosh Maclean Macleod Macpherson Malcolm marquis of Huntly miles Montrose Montrose's Moray Murray nations Neill North Britain obtained origin Ossian party person Pictish Picts poems possession prisoner proceeded race reign returned Roman Ross Scotland Scoto-Irish Scots Scottish sent side Sinclair Sir Alexander Sir Alexander Gordon Sir Lauchlan Sir Robert Gordon sixteen hundred slain Strathnaver supposed tion took Torcuill town tribes whole William