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Excerpt from Interesting Roman Antiquities: Recently Discovered in Fife Ascertaining the Site of the Great Battle Fought Betwixt Agricola and Galgacus; With the Discovery of the Position of Five Roman Towns, and of the Site and Names of Upwards of Seventy Roman Forts, Also Observations Regarding Th
Had I ever imagined, before this work was be gun, that it would have extended to above half the size of what it has done, I believe I should have entirely shrunk from the task. But, hav ing once begun, one thing naturally suggested another, or one discovery made way for another, till the work assumed such a bulk as utterly precludes me, in my present state of health, from resuming the task of transcribing it. What by head-achs, and other complaints peculiar to a bi lious habit, it was even with great difficulty that what now appears was even once written over; so that it must necessarily appear under many disadvantages, though plainness and perspecuity have been aimed at through the whole. Although the first of these valuable Roman antiquities were discovered a twelve month past, about the beginning of autumn 1820, yet so low is the state of antiquarianism at the present time, that it was some months before I even heard any thing.
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Had I ever imagined, before this work was be gun, that it would have extended to above half the size of what it has done, I believe I should have entirely shrunk from the task. But, hav ing once begun, one thing naturally suggested another, or one discovery made way for another, till the work assumed such a bulk as utterly precludes me, in my present state of health, from resuming the task of transcribing it. What by head-achs, and other complaints peculiar to a bi lious habit, it was even with great difficulty that what now appears was even once written over; so that it must necessarily appear under many disadvantages, though plainness and perspecuity have been aimed at through the whole. Although the first of these valuable Roman antiquities were discovered a twelve month past, about the beginning of autumn 1820, yet so low is the state of antiquarianism at the present time, that it was some months before I even heard any thing.
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
Andrew Small
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ISBN - 9780666596116
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
Page Count - 342
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Andrew Small
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ISBN - 9781332345199
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Page Count - 344
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