An Account of the Past and Present State of the Isle of Man: Including a Topographical Description; a Sketch of Its Mineralogy; an Outline of Its Laws, with the Privileges Enjoyed by Strangers; and a History of the Island |
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... vessels ; and of the horse partly fording the passage upon the shoals , and partly swimming over . And , again , we are informed , in the life of Agricola , that the army under the * Alterum ( latus Britanniæ ) vergit ad Hispaniam atque ...
... vessels ; and of the horse partly fording the passage upon the shoals , and partly swimming over . And , again , we are informed , in the life of Agricola , that the army under the * Alterum ( latus Britanniæ ) vergit ad Hispaniam atque ...
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... vessels ; and of the horse partly ford- ing the passage upon the shoals , and partly swimming over . And , again , we are informed , in the life of Agricola , that the army under the * Alterum ( latus Britannia ) vergit ad Hispaniam ...
... vessels ; and of the horse partly ford- ing the passage upon the shoals , and partly swimming over . And , again , we are informed , in the life of Agricola , that the army under the * Alterum ( latus Britannia ) vergit ad Hispaniam ...
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... vessels , and so frightened the inhabitants by the boldness of such conduct , that they sued immediately for peace . Perhaps the words Mona and Man may both of them be derived from the ancient British word món , accented grave in Owen's ...
... vessels , and so frightened the inhabitants by the boldness of such conduct , that they sued immediately for peace . Perhaps the words Mona and Man may both of them be derived from the ancient British word món , accented grave in Owen's ...
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... vessel was wrecked upon the coast . The crew of sailors perished ; but many rats escaped to shore , and , taking posses sion of the nearest burrows , almost exterminat . ed the poor puffins . Not one was taken for many years afterwards ...
... vessel was wrecked upon the coast . The crew of sailors perished ; but many rats escaped to shore , and , taking posses sion of the nearest burrows , almost exterminat . ed the poor puffins . Not one was taken for many years afterwards ...
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... vessels , or of ships , which , on account of bad wind or weather , anchor for a short time in some of the harbours of the island . * Postlewaite's Commercial Dictionary , fol . vol . ii . 69 CHAPTER VI . On the Herring and the Herring ...
... vessels , or of ships , which , on account of bad wind or weather , anchor for a short time in some of the harbours of the island . * Postlewaite's Commercial Dictionary , fol . vol . ii . 69 CHAPTER VI . On the Herring and the Herring ...
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