| Pishey Thompson - Boston (England) - 1820 - 510 pages
...for the security of themselves and their cattle against the incursions of their enemies." Strabo too, says " The forests of the Britons are their cities. For when they have inclosed a very large circuit with felled trees, they build within it houses for themselves, and hovels... | |
| John Wainwright - Conisbrough (England) - 1829 - 448 pages
...Britons," says Strabo, " are their cities. For when they have enclosed a very large circuit with fallen trees, they build within it houses for themselves,...These buildings are very slight, and not designed for a long duration. "t But notwithstanding the speedy disappearance of their fragile tenements, their... | |
| John Wainwright - Conisbrough (England) - 1829 - 444 pages
...they stood in fear of incursions from the borderers."* " The forests of the Britons," says Strabo, " are their cities. For when they have enclosed a very large circuit with fallen trees, they build within it houses for themselves, and hovels for their cattle. These buildings... | |
| Thomas Allen - 1830 - 478 pages
...the security of themselves and their cattle, against the incursions of their enemies." Strabo too, says " The forests of the Britons are their cities. For when they have inclosed a very large circuit with felled trees, they build within it houses for themselves, and hovels... | |
| James Logan - Celts - 1831 - 434 pages
...security of themselves and cattle, against the incursions of an enemy ; for, when they have inclosed a very large circuit with felled trees, they build...houses for themselves and hovels for their cattle.'" In this description, he is less satisfactory than on other occasions ; for it gives no just idea of... | |
| James Logan - Celts - 1833 - 556 pages
...security of themselves and cattle, against the incursions of an enemy; for, when they have inclosed a very large circuit with felled trees, they build within it houses for themselves and hovels for'their cattle." In this description, he is less satisfactory than on other occasions; for it gives... | |
| Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza) - Devon (England) - 1836 - 416 pages
...surrounded by a mound or ditch for the security of the inhabitants and their cattle. And Strabo says, "When they have enclosed a very large circuit with...houses for themselves and hovels for their cattle."* That the people of Dartmoor should prefer granite to felled trees for such an enclosure is nothing... | |
| Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza) - Devon (England) - 1838 - 410 pages
...surrounded by a mound or ditch for the security of the inhabitants and their cattle. And Strabo says, " When they have enclosed a very large circuit with...houses for themselves and hovels for their cattle."* * " The universality of Celtic manners, at a very remote period, is proved by the existence of conical... | |
| James Browne - Clans - 1838 - 558 pages
...security of themselves and cattle against the incursions of an enemy ; for, when they have inclosed a very large circuit with felled trees, they build...houses for themselves, and hovels for their cattle."* Notwithstanding the scantiness of their covering, which left their bodies exposed to the rigours of... | |
| Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1841 - 566 pages
...enemies;"' and Strabo describes the forests of the Britons as their cities ; " for, when they have inclosed a very large circuit with felled trees, they build...very slight, and not designed for long duration."* Of the aboriginal inhabitants of Britain it is difficult to speak with that precision which is entitled... | |
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