Northern Antiquities: Or, An Historical Account of the Manners, Customs, Religion and Laws, Maritime Expeditions and Discoveries, Language and Literature of the Ancient ScandinaviansH. G. Bohn, 1847 - 578 sider |
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... kind in Strabo ; in which he informs us that , although the old Greek authors gave all the northern nations the common name of Scy- thians or Celtoscythians , yet that writers still more ancient † , di- vided all " the nations who lived ...
... kind in Strabo ; in which he informs us that , although the old Greek authors gave all the northern nations the common name of Scy- thians or Celtoscythians , yet that writers still more ancient † , di- vided all " the nations who lived ...
Side 20
... kind I esteem the word Atta ( Pater ) , used by Ulphilas , whose countrymen had probably another word of the same origin as Fader or Father , as well as all the other Gothic nations . So again , the Anglo- Saxons ( besides their word ...
... kind I esteem the word Atta ( Pater ) , used by Ulphilas , whose countrymen had probably another word of the same origin as Fader or Father , as well as all the other Gothic nations . So again , the Anglo- Saxons ( besides their word ...
Side 35
... kind of phrase as a Parisian journalist would make use of to designate " la perfide Albion . " Now admitting , for the sake of argument , that , as a nation , we do possess this character , and we will admit that we are somewhat too ...
... kind of phrase as a Parisian journalist would make use of to designate " la perfide Albion . " Now admitting , for the sake of argument , that , as a nation , we do possess this character , and we will admit that we are somewhat too ...
Side 58
... kind of barbarity , which is of all others the most incurable ; as , by making as many slaves as there are men , it degrades them so low as not to leave them even a thought or desire of bettering their condition . But nature had long ...
... kind of barbarity , which is of all others the most incurable ; as , by making as many slaves as there are men , it degrades them so low as not to leave them even a thought or desire of bettering their condition . But nature had long ...
Side 59
... kind , if that were always true which is commonly said , that we grow fond of our labours in proportion as they are difficult . Many tedious and unentertaining volumes I have been obliged to peruse : I have had more than one language to ...
... kind , if that were always true which is commonly said , that we grow fond of our labours in proportion as they are difficult . Many tedious and unentertaining volumes I have been obliged to peruse : I have had more than one language to ...
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