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He has never scrupled , under the pressure of evidence , to alter an opinion formerly expressed , though only once has he thought it necessary to make any remark thereon . But it must be added , the alterations are extremely few and ...
He has never scrupled , under the pressure of evidence , to alter an opinion formerly expressed , though only once has he thought it necessary to make any remark thereon . But it must be added , the alterations are extremely few and ...
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... that the countries abandoned by those people had been inundated by the sea . Judging from modern experience , the marshy tracts of the continent must have been once subject to periodical pestilences sufficiently ...
... that the countries abandoned by those people had been inundated by the sea . Judging from modern experience , the marshy tracts of the continent must have been once subject to periodical pestilences sufficiently ...
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This kind of monomania was once confined to the classic languages , but has now found its way into Anglo - Saxon , and Danish , whilst in Norse it threatens to become quite an epidemic . It was by the unfortunate class of persons ...
This kind of monomania was once confined to the classic languages , but has now found its way into Anglo - Saxon , and Danish , whilst in Norse it threatens to become quite an epidemic . It was by the unfortunate class of persons ...
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The two parts of Wytheburn ( C. C. gwyth ) translate each other . Holborn in London ( holtbourne ) , the wooded stream , was probably once the name of the Fleet . Ham , a village . Sebergham is explained by Sedbergh.
The two parts of Wytheburn ( C. C. gwyth ) translate each other . Holborn in London ( holtbourne ) , the wooded stream , was probably once the name of the Fleet . Ham , a village . Sebergham is explained by Sedbergh.
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... the sheep's holme , and Hestholme ( D. hest ) , the horses ' holme , may be compared to Oxenholme ( D. öxen ) . Ness ( N. nes ) , a cape . Syke ( N. siki , a marsh ) , wet meadow - land . All the present sykes were once marshes .
... the sheep's holme , and Hestholme ( D. hest ) , the horses ' holme , may be compared to Oxenholme ( D. öxen ) . Ness ( N. nes ) , a cape . Syke ( N. siki , a marsh ) , wet meadow - land . All the present sykes were once marshes .
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