The Childhood of the English Nation; Or, The Beginnings of English HistoryG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1877 - 247 páginas |
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... north of Scotland to the south of France , and you would have been understood ; for evidence derived from the names of places seems to prove that of the two branches into which the Keltic family is divided , the Erse and the Kymric ...
... north of Scotland to the south of France , and you would have been understood ; for evidence derived from the names of places seems to prove that of the two branches into which the Keltic family is divided , the Erse and the Kymric ...
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... North Britain , known to the Romans as the Picts or Caledo- Fate of nians , were ever a source of trouble to the Roman Britain . government . As the weakness of the Empire increased , the raids of these barbarians on the rich and ...
... North Britain , known to the Romans as the Picts or Caledo- Fate of nians , were ever a source of trouble to the Roman Britain . government . As the weakness of the Empire increased , the raids of these barbarians on the rich and ...
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... North Germans , the Frisians , Hollanders , and our own English forefathers . These last were not all of one tribe . First there were the Angles , who dwelt , before they came to Britain , in those provinces in the south of Denmark ...
... North Germans , the Frisians , Hollanders , and our own English forefathers . These last were not all of one tribe . First there were the Angles , who dwelt , before they came to Britain , in those provinces in the south of Denmark ...
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... North , which were called Runes . For the English had letters even then , though they were little used for writing , and were looked upon as charms ; rude people always think the things which they only half understand have some magic in ...
... North , which were called Runes . For the English had letters even then , though they were little used for writing , and were looked upon as charms ; rude people always think the things which they only half understand have some magic in ...
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... North . The chief god of these nations was Odin , called in Old- English Woden , the father of gods and men ; his name is still preserved in the fourth day of the week , Wednesday ( O.-E. Wodnesdaeg ) , as well as in many names of ...
... North . The chief god of these nations was Odin , called in Old- English Woden , the father of gods and men ; his name is still preserved in the fourth day of the week , Wednesday ( O.-E. Wodnesdaeg ) , as well as in many names of ...
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