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... seen strewing confusedly the desolated site . What has been affirmed by the botanist as to the floras of limited districts , may be said , with little abatement , concerning local names that they survive the catastrophes which over ...
... seen strewing confusedly the desolated site . What has been affirmed by the botanist as to the floras of limited districts , may be said , with little abatement , concerning local names that they survive the catastrophes which over ...
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... seen as they passed down the Channel . HOBOKEN , an Indian word , meaning the " smoke pipe , " was the name of a spot in New Jersey , at which the settlers met the Indian chiefs in council , and smoked the pipe of peace , while they ...
... seen as they passed down the Channel . HOBOKEN , an Indian word , meaning the " smoke pipe , " was the name of a spot in New Jersey , at which the settlers met the Indian chiefs in council , and smoked the pipe of peace , while they ...
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... seen by tracing the words back to the Anglo - Saxon burhvare , citizens , and the old Norse skipveri , a sailor . The Prussian landwehr is the levy en masse of the whole population , and not the land- guard , as is often supposed . This ...
... seen by tracing the words back to the Anglo - Saxon burhvare , citizens , and the old Norse skipveri , a sailor . The Prussian landwehr is the levy en masse of the whole population , and not the land- guard , as is often supposed . This ...
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... seen , the names of places are still purely German . HOLSTEIN is a corruption of the dative case of Holt - sati , the " forest abode . " From the same root we get SOMER - SET and DOR - SET . It would appear that the t in WIL - T - SHIRE ...
... seen , the names of places are still purely German . HOLSTEIN is a corruption of the dative case of Holt - sati , the " forest abode . " From the same root we get SOMER - SET and DOR - SET . It would appear that the t in WIL - T - SHIRE ...
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... seen , from the Ionian islands , glistening brilliantly in the evening sun . The Chorwats , or CROATS , derive their name from the Sclavonic gora , a mountain , a root which is found in the name of Car - inthia , and also of the ...
... seen , from the Ionian islands , glistening brilliantly in the evening sun . The Chorwats , or CROATS , derive their name from the Sclavonic gora , a mountain , a root which is found in the name of Car - inthia , and also of the ...
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