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Side 4
... or exists only in the few archaic words of a dialect , the names of persons , places , and peoples are the only means , and the question - if science and not theory is to be regarded - becomes one of great difficulty .
... or exists only in the few archaic words of a dialect , the names of persons , places , and peoples are the only means , and the question - if science and not theory is to be regarded - becomes one of great difficulty .
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 ...
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 ...
Side 18
The heroic and ill - used queen of the Iceni , whose name has occasioned so many orthographical conjectures - the nearest the mark being Bounducea - thus becomes bean duci , the woman leader . Our unfortunate acquaintance , Vortigern ...
The heroic and ill - used queen of the Iceni , whose name has occasioned so many orthographical conjectures - the nearest the mark being Bounducea - thus becomes bean duci , the woman leader . Our unfortunate acquaintance , Vortigern ...
Side 33
To this class belongs the silly mistake of supposing the British balefires to have been the " fires of Baal , " which has solely arisen from the name having become so familiar through the Bible . Secondly , there is a vanity in language ...
To this class belongs the silly mistake of supposing the British balefires to have been the " fires of Baal , " which has solely arisen from the name having become so familiar through the Bible . Secondly , there is a vanity in language ...
Side 35
... is thought to have been formed in Britain , and from thence carried over into Gaul ; and now those who wish to be more accurately versed in it , for the most part go thither ( to Britain ) , in order to become acquainted with it .
... is thought to have been formed in Britain , and from thence carried over into Gaul ; and now those who wish to be more accurately versed in it , for the most part go thither ( to Britain ) , in order to become acquainted with it .
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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 |