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... celebrated for its basaltic pillars and for its natural caverns . The largest of these , called the Cave of Fingal , is exceedingly magnificent , being supported on each side by ranges of natural columns , in the most elegant manner ...
... celebrated for its basaltic pillars and for its natural caverns . The largest of these , called the Cave of Fingal , is exceedingly magnificent , being supported on each side by ranges of natural columns , in the most elegant manner ...
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... celebrated as the re- puted birth - place of Ossian ; to the West of it , opposite the I. of Mull , is the bleak and mountainous Morven , the country of Fingal . 56. The population of the chief towns in Scotland ( as returned in 1831 ) ...
... celebrated as the re- puted birth - place of Ossian ; to the West of it , opposite the I. of Mull , is the bleak and mountainous Morven , the country of Fingal . 56. The population of the chief towns in Scotland ( as returned in 1831 ) ...
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... celebrated for the fatal battle fought there between Edmund Ironside and Canute the Dane . - The principal town of Heortfordscyre or Hertfordshire was Heortford Hertford , situated on the Lea , near its confluence with two other streams ...
... celebrated for the fatal battle fought there between Edmund Ironside and Canute the Dane . - The principal town of Heortfordscyre or Hertfordshire was Heortford Hertford , situated on the Lea , near its confluence with two other streams ...
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... celebrated for their love of justice and for their long attachment to the Roman cause ; they were divided into Majores and Minores , the latter dwelling between the Ems and Weser , the former between the Weser and Elbe . As towns in ...
... celebrated for their love of justice and for their long attachment to the Roman cause ; they were divided into Majores and Minores , the latter dwelling between the Ems and Weser , the former between the Weser and Elbe . As towns in ...
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... celebrated for its university , which is the oldest in Germany : it has been frequently exposed to the calamities of war , particularly in the 15th century , during the persecution of John Huss and his followers , whose opposition to ...
... celebrated for its university , which is the oldest in Germany : it has been frequently exposed to the calamities of war , particularly in the 15th century , during the persecution of John Huss and his followers , whose opposition to ...
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