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Side 7
The Scandinavian race or the Norse race will be intelligible on its own side of the
German ocean , but in Britain it becomes an element of a people . The latter term
will be used where the process of mixture or absorption is known to have been ...
The Scandinavian race or the Norse race will be intelligible on its own side of the
German ocean , but in Britain it becomes an element of a people . The latter term
will be used where the process of mixture or absorption is known to have been ...
Side 11
The mixed metal of the Bronze age , it must be observed , contained nine - tenths
copper and one - tenth tin , neither of which is to be found in Denmark , nor is
there any country from whence they could probably be brought , Britain excepted
.
The mixed metal of the Bronze age , it must be observed , contained nine - tenths
copper and one - tenth tin , neither of which is to be found in Denmark , nor is
there any country from whence they could probably be brought , Britain excepted
.
Side 14
WHEN Cæsar arrived in Britain , he found it a thickly populated country ; and this
alone may account for the unsatisfactory information he has transmitted to us
concerning the people . He divides the natives into two parts : the inland people ,
or ...
WHEN Cæsar arrived in Britain , he found it a thickly populated country ; and this
alone may account for the unsatisfactory information he has transmitted to us
concerning the people . He divides the natives into two parts : the inland people ,
or ...
Side 15
STONE GRAVES OF BRITAIN . 15 The description of a burial - place in
Pembrokeshire called Y Gromlech , leaves no doubt of its identity with the Stone
chambers . It consists of “ several rude stones pitched on end in a circular order ;
and in ...
STONE GRAVES OF BRITAIN . 15 The description of a burial - place in
Pembrokeshire called Y Gromlech , leaves no doubt of its identity with the Stone
chambers . It consists of “ several rude stones pitched on end in a circular order ;
and in ...
Side 16
Moreover , no trace of any language older than Celtic has been found in Britain ,
the peculiar sepulchres do not appear in one district only , but are thinly scattered
through the islands , and modern Irish , therefore Hiberno - Celtic , -shows a ...
Moreover , no trace of any language older than Celtic has been found in Britain ,
the peculiar sepulchres do not appear in one district only , but are thinly scattered
through the islands , and modern Irish , therefore Hiberno - Celtic , -shows a ...
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Bibliografiske oplysninger
| Titel | Cumberland & Westmorland, Ancient and Modern: The People, Dialect, Superstitions and Customs |
| Forfatter | Jeremiah Sullivan |
| Udgiver | Whittaker and Company, 1857 |
| Oprindeligt fra | Det bayerske statsbibliotek |
| Digitaliseret | 8. sep 2009 |
| Længde | 171 sider |
| Eksporter henvisning | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |