Archaeologia: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to Antiquity.., Volume 8Society of Antiquaries of London. Sold at the house of the Society [of Antiquaries], in Chancery-Lane; and by Messieurs Whiston, White, Robson Baker and Leigh, and Brown., 1787 - Archaeology |
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Page 296 - Canada, unanimously affirm that the letters on it are the same with those which in the books containing accounts of Tataria, are called Tatarian characters ; and that, on comparing both together, they found...
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Page 349 - ... cattle come up many miles lean, and out of plight, by reason of their great travel, then they prize them anew at an abated price : by law they ought to take between sun and sun ; by abuse they take by twilight, and in the night-time, a time well chosen for malefactors : by law they ought not to take in the highways, a place by your majesty's high prerogative protected, and by statute by special words excepted, by abuse they take in the ways...
Page 296 - ... had ever been, they found in one place in the woods, and again on a large plain, great pillars of stone, leaning upon each other. The...
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