The Ancient Church and Parish of Abernethy: An Historical StudyW. Blackwood and Sons, 1897 - 524 páginas |
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... present day is the emphasis it has laid on the principle of develop- ment it is now an accepted axiom that as the ... present , and that the present can be best understood in the light of the past out of which it grows , and by which it ...
... present day is the emphasis it has laid on the principle of develop- ment it is now an accepted axiom that as the ... present , and that the present can be best understood in the light of the past out of which it grows , and by which it ...
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... present point of advancement , lives in the present consciousness of the race , transmuted but not annihilated . " 1 The increase of interest , then , in historical subjects that is in many quarters giving evidence of its existence ...
... present point of advancement , lives in the present consciousness of the race , transmuted but not annihilated . " 1 The increase of interest , then , in historical subjects that is in many quarters giving evidence of its existence ...
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... preserved , and it is with this conviction that the present work is undertaken . 1 Early Christian Architecture in Ireland , p . 142 ( quoted ) . 5 CHAPTER I. PREHISTORIC : A SKETCH OF THE EARLY 4 Church and Parish of Abernethy .
... preserved , and it is with this conviction that the present work is undertaken . 1 Early Christian Architecture in Ireland , p . 142 ( quoted ) . 5 CHAPTER I. PREHISTORIC : A SKETCH OF THE EARLY 4 Church and Parish of Abernethy .
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... present chapter an attempt will be made to describe the stages of early culture , as they have been ascertained by specialists in this department of investigation . Archæologists give us cer- tain results from an examination of the ...
... present chapter an attempt will be made to describe the stages of early culture , as they have been ascertained by specialists in this department of investigation . Archæologists give us cer- tain results from an examination of the ...
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... present day wholly apart from all other races , and are cut off from all both by the philologer and the craniologist . Unaccustomed to war themselves , they were probably driven from Europe and Asia by other tribes , in the same manner ...
... present day wholly apart from all other races , and are cut off from all both by the philologer and the craniologist . Unaccustomed to war themselves , they were probably driven from Europe and Asia by other tribes , in the same manner ...
Termos e frases comuns
Abbey abbot ancient appointed Arbroath Archibald Assembly Balvaird barony belonging Bishop brethren called Canons Castle Celtic Church Celtic Scotland Celts century charter Christ Christian church of Abernethy Church of Scotland Clan Macduff clergy congregation connection Covenant cross Culdees Culfargie daughter David divine Douglas Peerage Dr Skene Dunkeld Earl of Angus Earl of Fife early ecclesiastical Edinburgh Erskine estates evidently father favour Fife Frasers of Philorth Glasgow heirs heritors Ibid influence interesting Iona Ireland Irish James John king kingdom Kirk lands lordship Macduff Margaret marquis Master of Angus monastery monastic monks Mugdrum Nectan nethy ordained pagan parish church Parliament period Perth Pictish Chronicle Picts possessed prayer preaching presbytery present probably protest Reformation regarded religion religious Roman round tower saint says Scots Scottish sculptured stones Seceders Secession seems Southern Picts St Andrews St Columba synod tion tribe William worship
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