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... nearly every chapter a brief general reference to authorities has been in- serted as an aid to students who may desire to work out for themselves , in greater detail , any special line of investigation . The Appendices , and other ...
... nearly every chapter a brief general reference to authorities has been in- serted as an aid to students who may desire to work out for themselves , in greater detail , any special line of investigation . The Appendices , and other ...
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... nearly so were it not that in the places where they have so- journed they have left traces of their migrations , sufficient to enable us to reconstruct the main outline of their history . The hills , the valleys , and the rivers are ...
... nearly so were it not that in the places where they have so- journed they have left traces of their migrations , sufficient to enable us to reconstruct the main outline of their history . The hills , the valleys , and the rivers are ...
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... nearly as large . Here , in close juxtaposition , we find archaic forms of various Georgian , Mongolian , Persian , Semitic , and Tatarian languages , as well as anomalous forms of speech which bear no affinity to any known tongue of ...
... nearly as large . Here , in close juxtaposition , we find archaic forms of various Georgian , Mongolian , Persian , Semitic , and Tatarian languages , as well as anomalous forms of speech which bear no affinity to any known tongue of ...
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... nearly identical in meaning with those of the Philistines , the Allemands , and the Tschudes . The word Bar- barian was applied by the Egyptians , and afterwards by the Greeks and Romans , to all who did not speak their own language ...
... nearly identical in meaning with those of the Philistines , the Allemands , and the Tschudes . The word Bar- barian was applied by the Egyptians , and afterwards by the Greeks and Romans , to all who did not speak their own language ...
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... nearly eight centuries - is attested by the immense number of Arabic local names , as compared with the dozen or half - dozen that we find in Italy , France , or Sardinia , which were speedily reconquered . The very names of the first ...
... nearly eight centuries - is attested by the immense number of Arabic local names , as compared with the dozen or half - dozen that we find in Italy , France , or Sardinia , which were speedily reconquered . The very names of the first ...
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ancient name Anglo-Saxon Arabic bears the name Brittany Cambridge Cape castle Celtic Celtic names Celts century chapter chief Chronicle church cloth coast College colony conquest contain Cornwall corruption Crown 8vo Cumberland Cymric Danes Danish denote Derbyshire derived Devon district Dorset Edition elementary England English Erse Essex etymology Europe Extra fcap fcap forest France French Gadhelic Gaelic German Greek hill inclosure Indian Ireland island Isle Italian Italy Kent Lancashire land language large number Latin Lincolnshire London means miles modern mountain neighbourhood Norfolk Normandy Norse names North Norwegian Old High German original patronymic Phoenician Picts place called portion prefix probably Professor race river river-names Roman root Sanskrit Saxon Scandinavian Schools Sclavonic Scotland seems settlement shews shire Spain Spanish STREET suffix Suffolk Sussex takes its name Teutonic tion town trace TREATISE tribes valley village village-names Wales Welsh Yorkshire
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