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... side , and of Antiquity on the other , this holding up the record of the past , the other its illustration , to our view , —we are enabled to delineate the flattering outline of our moral and intellectual advancement ? - In this point ...
... side , and of Antiquity on the other , this holding up the record of the past , the other its illustration , to our view , —we are enabled to delineate the flattering outline of our moral and intellectual advancement ? - In this point ...
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... side the Tynea and thirteen to the north of that river . It may not be irrelevant to observe here , that , in looking over the list of these states , it appears evident their names are not properly of Celtic formation , but have been ...
... side the Tynea and thirteen to the north of that river . It may not be irrelevant to observe here , that , in looking over the list of these states , it appears evident their names are not properly of Celtic formation , but have been ...
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... side of the road , a mile or more south of Sleaford , an old work , square , ditched about , large , with an entry from the road ; the earth of the vallum thrown up on both sides.c " But it was not enough for the Romans thus to provide ...
... side of the road , a mile or more south of Sleaford , an old work , square , ditched about , large , with an entry from the road ; the earth of the vallum thrown up on both sides.c " But it was not enough for the Romans thus to provide ...
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... side the river : another such forti- fication at Horsey bridge on the other side the river : all these names point out some ancient works . It is all the way three- score feet broad , having a large flat bank , on both sides , for the ...
... side the river : another such forti- fication at Horsey bridge on the other side the river : all these names point out some ancient works . It is all the way three- score feet broad , having a large flat bank , on both sides , for the ...
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bounds the park entirely on the fen side , and is very perfect thereabouts ; the high country streams from Dunston , and others , running along it . We saw where it crossed a marshy valley , and reached the opposite high ground in its ...
bounds the park entirely on the fen side , and is very perfect thereabouts ; the high country streams from Dunston , and others , running along it . We saw where it crossed a marshy valley , and reached the opposite high ground in its ...
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