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ii . may appear to “ Norsemen " an undue prominence given to Celtic . And to Mr.
Ferguson's work , any person desirous of seeing Norse well advocated - Norse
against “ all England ” —is referred . It has been the author's endeavour , in the ...
ii . may appear to “ Norsemen " an undue prominence given to Celtic . And to Mr.
Ferguson's work , any person desirous of seeing Norse well advocated - Norse
against “ all England ” —is referred . It has been the author's endeavour , in the ...
Side 5
Names of places and persons can only proceed from the dominant language of
the period at which they are given . But a change in the dominant language is
very far from proving a change of people . How absurd it would be to assert that ...
Names of places and persons can only proceed from the dominant language of
the period at which they are given . But a change in the dominant language is
very far from proving a change of people . How absurd it would be to assert that ...
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The latter tribe may have given the name to the Isle of Wight ( Vectis ) , the
original form being perhaps Quict ; but at least the word is not the Latin pictus , as
the Romans invariably adopted the foreign name , and never gave one of their
own .
The latter tribe may have given the name to the Isle of Wight ( Vectis ) , the
original form being perhaps Quict ; but at least the word is not the Latin pictus , as
the Romans invariably adopted the foreign name , and never gave one of their
own .
Side 21
The only reason ever given by the people themselves -one which occasioned a
bad pun from Marius , the Roman general -was that they were seeking land to
settle on ; and Florus mentions the report , that the countries abandoned by those
...
The only reason ever given by the people themselves -one which occasioned a
bad pun from Marius , the Roman general -was that they were seeking land to
settle on ; and Florus mentions the report , that the countries abandoned by those
...
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This conclusion is arrived at from the fact that the whole of northern Europe was ,
at one time , in possession of the latter people , who must have given way in
various places , and whose emigrations must , to some extent , have ceased ,
before ...
This conclusion is arrived at from the fact that the whole of northern Europe was ,
at one time , in possession of the latter people , who must have given way in
various places , and whose emigrations must , to some extent , have ceased ,
before ...
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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 |