The History of England: The history of the Anglo-Saxons from the earliest period to the Norman conquest ... In three volumes ... 6th ed. 1836Longman, Orme, Brown and Green, and Longman, 1839 - Great Britain |
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... the present edition . SINCE the author called the attention of the public , in 1805 , to the neglected , and indeed unknown Saxon heroic poem on Beowulf , Dr. Thorkelin has printed it at Copenhagen in 1815 . This vi PREFACE .
... the present edition . SINCE the author called the attention of the public , in 1805 , to the neglected , and indeed unknown Saxon heroic poem on Beowulf , Dr. Thorkelin has printed it at Copenhagen in 1815 . This vi PREFACE .
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... called barbarians , in their forest - habitations , in their predatory ex- peditions , in their rude councils and national wars , was unceasing ; and so finally effective , that the genius of civilised Rome , repeatedly endangered by ...
... called barbarians , in their forest - habitations , in their predatory ex- peditions , in their rude councils and national wars , was unceasing ; and so finally effective , that the genius of civilised Rome , repeatedly endangered by ...
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... called Asia Minor , was by the more ancient Greeks usually denominated Asia ; but it is clear that their irruption was along the sea - coast , and did not ex- to 631 years before Christ . Strabo places the same event in Homer's time or ...
... called Asia Minor , was by the more ancient Greeks usually denominated Asia ; but it is clear that their irruption was along the sea - coast , and did not ex- to 631 years before Christ . Strabo places the same event in Homer's time or ...
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... called Lygdamis ; he penetrated into Lydia and Ionia , took Sardis , and died in Cilicia . This destructive incursion , which succeeded probably because it was unexpected , has been mentioned by some Greek poets , as well as by ...
... called Lygdamis ; he penetrated into Lydia and Ionia , took Sardis , and died in Cilicia . This destructive incursion , which succeeded probably because it was unexpected , has been mentioned by some Greek poets , as well as by ...
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... called Κιμμέριοις , the appellation of Κιμέρων was applied in process of time , and by the corruption of language , lib . v . p . 309 . Plutarch , in his life of Marius , also identifies the Kimbri with the Kimmerioi . He says , " From ...
... called Κιμμέριοις , the appellation of Κιμέρων was applied in process of time , and by the corruption of language , lib . v . p . 309 . Plutarch , in his life of Marius , also identifies the Kimbri with the Kimmerioi . He says , " From ...
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