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... land did not die as elsewhere from disease or weakness , those who grew weary of living put a speedy end to their ... lands from which the Phoenicians brought away tin and amber and other products , which they could not obtain nearer ...
... land did not die as elsewhere from disease or weakness , those who grew weary of living put a speedy end to their ... lands from which the Phoenicians brought away tin and amber and other products , which they could not obtain nearer ...
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... lands near it is of interest to us in regard to the early history of the condition of the ancient Northmen . According to Pytheas , the natives of a land a little to the south of Thule thrashed the grain of which they made bread , in ...
... lands near it is of interest to us in regard to the early history of the condition of the ancient Northmen . According to Pytheas , the natives of a land a little to the south of Thule thrashed the grain of which they made bread , in ...
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... lands from which those savage invaders had come , whose attacks had more than once threatened the safety of the city . The Northmen themselves also helped to dispel the ignorance of the southerners , for , wherever they went , they ...
... lands from which those savage invaders had come , whose attacks had more than once threatened the safety of the city . The Northmen themselves also helped to dispel the ignorance of the southerners , for , wherever they went , they ...
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... lands of those seas , driving out the inhabitants . Whenever they found them- selves strong enough to subdue the natives of the country , they made slaves of them , but if they could not do that , they generally ended by forming ...
... lands of those seas , driving out the inhabitants . Whenever they found them- selves strong enough to subdue the natives of the country , they made slaves of them , but if they could not do that , they generally ended by forming ...
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... lands became acquainted with the Northmen ; and beginning with the Danes as the nation best known to ourselves , we will take a glance at their country , and pass on to the accounts given of them in early times by their own historians ...
... lands became acquainted with the Northmen ; and beginning with the Danes as the nation best known to ourselves , we will take a glance at their country , and pass on to the accounts given of them in early times by their own historians ...
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