"Historians usually focus their attention on the past of countries that still exist, writing hundreds and thousands of…"

"But the Roman came with a heavy hand, And bridged and roaded and ruled the land, And the Roman left and the Danes ble…"

"Then, ’twas before my time, the Roman At yonder heaving hill would stare. The blood that warms an English yeoman, The…"

"For as great part of the Island is frequently overflow'd by the Tides, these constant Inundations make the Country fu…"

"Here at the world's end, on its last inch of liberty, we have lived unmolested to this day, in this sequestered nook …"

"The Britons, a race entirely cut off from the rest of the world."

"When he pushed through the forest that lined the Strand, With paint on his face and a club in his hand, He was death …"

"There are two principal races of the Britons, the Caledonians and the Maeatae, and the names of the others have been …"

"Penitus toto divisos orbe Britannos."

"Of all the Britons the inhabitants of Kent, an entirely maritime district, are by far the most civilised, differing b…"