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Excerpt from A Descriptive and Historical View of Alnwick, the County Town of Northumberland: And of Alnwick Castle, Alnwick and Hulne Abbeys, Brislee Tower
The early history of nations, cities, and places, that had their origin in remote ages, and lay claim to any degree of antiquity, is involved in great obscurity From the want of records, the low state of civilization in these distant periods, and the almost total neglect of every thing but what tended to defence, convenience, or comfort, the transactions of ancient times are so uniformly shrouded in conjecture, that every research into the remote origin of places is subject to doubtful and groundless inquiry. Indeed, the state of Britain previous to the invasion of the Romans is but imperfectly un derstood; for it is agreed by the ablest inquirers, that the first accounts of this island that deserve any credit are given by the Romans; the dis cordant opinions of historians respecting its original settlement having a tendency to oh scure rather than to'' enlighten the subject.
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The early history of nations, cities, and places, that had their origin in remote ages, and lay claim to any degree of antiquity, is involved in great obscurity From the want of records, the low state of civilization in these distant periods, and the almost total neglect of every thing but what tended to defence, convenience, or comfort, the transactions of ancient times are so uniformly shrouded in conjecture, that every research into the remote origin of places is subject to doubtful and groundless inquiry. Indeed, the state of Britain previous to the invasion of the Romans is but imperfectly un derstood; for it is agreed by the ablest inquirers, that the first accounts of this island that deserve any credit are given by the Romans; the dis cordant opinions of historians respecting its original settlement having a tendency to oh scure rather than to'' enlighten the subject.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
W. Davidson
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781528169806
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.0 cm
Page Count - 370
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Contributors
Author
W. Davidson
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781332891481
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.0 cm
Page Count - 372
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