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" Belgians, drawn thither by the love of war and plunder. These last, passing over from different parts, and settling in the country, still retain the names of the several states whence they are descended. The island is well peopled, full of houses built... "
Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester - Page 88
1831
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The History of Scotland: Translated from the Latin of George Buchanan; with ...

George Buchanan, James Aikman - 1827 - 710 pages
...and settling in the country, still retain the names of the several states whence they are descended. The island is well peopled, full of houses built after the manner of the Gauls, and abounds in cattle. They use brass money, and iron rings of a certain weight. The provinces remote from the sea, produce...
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Cæsar, tr. by W. Duncan, Volume 1

Gaius Julius Caesar - 1832 - 310 pages
...and settling in the country, still retain the names of the several states whence they are descended. The island is well peopled, full of houses, built...after the manner of the Gauls, and abounds in cattle. They use brass money, and iron rings of a certain weight. The provinces remote from the sea produce...
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The history of literature; or, The rise and progress of language ..., Volume 2

sir William Cathcart Boyd - 1844 - 502 pages
...still retain the names of the several states whence they are descended. The island is well-peopled, full of houses, built after the manner of the Gauls, and abounds in cattle. They use brass money, and iron rings of a certain weight. The provinces remote from the sea produce...
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The Religion of Ancient Britain, Historically Considered: Or, A Succinct ...

George Smith - 1846 - 562 pages
...country was fully inhabited. The latter says, " The island is very populous ; " * and the former, " The island is well peopled, full of houses built after the manner of the Gauls, and abounds in cattle."f This language, it must be remembered, is employed by persons well acquainted with the densely-populated...
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The North British Review, Volume 6

1847 - 584 pages
...from being as uncivilized as they are generally represented. The island is described by Caesar as " well peopled, full of houses built after the manner of the Gauls, abounding in cattle," (De Bello Gallico, lib. v. cap. 12;) and by Diodorus, as " very populous," (lib....
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The history of Scotland... to the present time, Volume 1

George Buchanan - 1856 - 776 pages
...and settling in the country, still retain the names of the several states whence they are descended. The island is well peopled, full of houses built after the manner of the Gauls, and abounds in cattle. They use brass money, and iron rings of a certain weight. The provinces remote from the sea produce...
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Julius Caesar - 1861 - 472 pages
...settling in the country, •till retain the names of the several states whence they are descended. The island is well peopled, full of houses, built...after the manner of the Gauls, and abounds in cattle. They use brass money, and iron rings of • certain weight. The provinces remote from the sea produce...
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The Cassiterides: An Inquiry Into the Commercial Operations of the ...

George Smith - 1863 - 172 pages
...and settling in the country, still retain the names of the several states whence they are descended. The island is well peopled, full of houses, built...after the manner of the Gauls, and abounds in cattle. They use brass money, and iron rings of a certain weight. The provinces remote from the sea produce...
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The Pedigree of the English People: An Argument, Historical and Scientific ...

Thomas Nicholas - 1868 - 676 pages
...off completely the edge of his most damaging descriptions. For example : Britain, he tells us, was well peopled, full of houses built after the manner of the Gauls ; brass and gold money was used, and iron rings of a certain weight (in barter). a The men of Kent...
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Pedigree of the English People: An Argument on the Formation & Growth of the ...

Thomas Nicholas - 1873 - 602 pages
...off completely the edge of his most damaging descriptions. For example : Britain, he tells us, was well peopled, full of houses built after the manner of the Gauls; brass and gold money was used, and iron rings of a certain weight (in barter).2 The men of Kent were...
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