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Page 526
... Scotland 22 m . n.e. of Glasgow , near the wall of Antoninus ; site of victory of Edward I. over the Scots commanded by Wallace July 22 , 1298 ; some 20,000 of the latter were slain . At F. Muir Prince Charles Edward defeated the ...
... Scotland 22 m . n.e. of Glasgow , near the wall of Antoninus ; site of victory of Edward I. over the Scots commanded by Wallace July 22 , 1298 ; some 20,000 of the latter were slain . At F. Muir Prince Charles Edward defeated the ...
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... Scotland , 227 ft . long , with an entrance 66 ft . high by 40 wide . The front and sides consist of ranges of gigantic basaltic columns , and the whole is hollowed by action of the sea from rock of volcanic origin . Finger Grass . See ...
... Scotland , 227 ft . long , with an entrance 66 ft . high by 40 wide . The front and sides consist of ranges of gigantic basaltic columns , and the whole is hollowed by action of the sea from rock of volcanic origin . Finger Grass . See ...
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... Scotland . Canadian eng teen , survey of the Red River and other western regions ; chancellor of queen's Univ . 1880. Engiand and Canada . 1884 . Flemish . Low German dialect , spoken in Flanders , and Dow randyloster en so , but once ...
... Scotland . Canadian eng teen , survey of the Red River and other western regions ; chancellor of queen's Univ . 1880. Engiand and Canada . 1884 . Flemish . Low German dialect , spoken in Flanders , and Dow randyloster en so , but once ...
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... Scotland was slain with many nobles and more than 10,000 men . Flodoard , or FRODOARD , 894-966 . Canon of Rheims ; au- thor of Annales , 919-966 , edited 1854 . Flogging . Punishment formerly common under most governments and in ...
... Scotland was slain with many nobles and more than 10,000 men . Flodoard , or FRODOARD , 894-966 . Canon of Rheims ; au- thor of Annales , 919-966 , edited 1854 . Flogging . Punishment formerly common under most governments and in ...
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... Scotland . Queen's Counsel 1857 , M. P. 1874-80 ; author of legal and historical works . Life of Cicero , 1864 ; Novelists of 18th Century , 1871 ; Slavonic Provinces , 1876 . Fort . In field fortification , works which from their loca ...
... Scotland . Queen's Counsel 1857 , M. P. 1874-80 ; author of legal and historical works . Life of Cicero , 1864 ; Novelists of 18th Century , 1871 ; Slavonic Provinces , 1876 . Fort . In field fortification , works which from their loca ...
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Page 608 - He had previously stated, in another work, that he believed, " the whole terrestrial globe to have been taken to pieces and dissolved at the flood, and the strata to have settled down from this promiscuous mass.
Page 608 - The illustrations are thus consecutively adduced. 1. Solid land has been converted into sea. 2. Sea has been changed into land. Marine shells lie far distant from the deep, and the anchor has been found on the summit of hills.