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... told them as tales , in a shape which clearly distin- guishes them from authentic history . And in telling them I have taken as my model the best of all examples of simple narrative , the best of all examples of English slightly anti ...
... told them as tales , in a shape which clearly distin- guishes them from authentic history . And in telling them I have taken as my model the best of all examples of simple narrative , the best of all examples of English slightly anti ...
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... you if you remember a few of the words which we have lost , but which are often used in forming names . I have told you of adel and sige , which are found together as a name , Æthel- sige . Wig , war , here , army , Kvi A FEW WORDS ON.
... you if you remember a few of the words which we have lost , but which are often used in forming names . I have told you of adel and sige , which are found together as a name , Æthel- sige . Wig , war , here , army , Kvi A FEW WORDS ON.
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... told you were our old homes . You cannot make out a Welshman's or an Irishman's language at all , unless you learn it on purpose . But if you take a book in the language spoken by the common people in the north of Germany , I do not say ...
... told you were our old homes . You cannot make out a Welshman's or an Irishman's language at all , unless you learn it on purpose . But if you take a book in the language spoken by the common people in the north of Germany , I do not say ...
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... told about their history , but nothing was written about these things till hundreds of years after the times when they are said to have happened . Therefore we cannot really believe anything that is told us about them . In those old ...
... told about their history , but nothing was written about these things till hundreds of years after the times when they are said to have happened . Therefore we cannot really believe anything that is told us about them . In those old ...
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... told you , the race of men to which we ourselves belong , still for the most part remained free . The Romans could never conquer more than a small part of Germany ; they never could keep much of the country either east of the Rhine or ...
... told you , the race of men to which we ourselves belong , still for the most part remained free . The Romans could never conquer more than a small part of Germany ; they never could keep much of the country either east of the Rhine or ...
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