The History of the Anglo-Saxons, Том 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807 - Всего страниц: 499 |
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... Christianity among the Anglo - Saxons p . 431 BOOK XIV . Their LANGUAGE . CHAP . I. On the Structure or Mechanism of the Anglo - Saxon Language CHAP . II . On the Originality of the Anglo - Saxon Language CHAP . III . On the Copiousness ...
... Christianity among the Anglo - Saxons p . 431 BOOK XIV . Their LANGUAGE . CHAP . I. On the Structure or Mechanism of the Anglo - Saxon Language CHAP . II . On the Originality of the Anglo - Saxon Language CHAP . III . On the Copiousness ...
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... Christian system . These circumstances will make it advisable to exhibit them as they were in their continental and pagan state , before they are delineated with the features , and in the dress of Christianity . It would be extremely ...
... Christian system . These circumstances will make it advisable to exhibit them as they were in their continental and pagan state , before they are delineated with the features , and in the dress of Christianity . It would be extremely ...
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... Christ which should be the greatest , is expressed in the Saxon , which should be the yldest . The aged were the primitive chiefs and governors among the Saxons , and therefore the terms expressing age were used to denote dignity so ...
... Christ which should be the greatest , is expressed in the Saxon , which should be the yldest . The aged were the primitive chiefs and governors among the Saxons , and therefore the terms expressing age were used to denote dignity so ...
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... christian churches , lib . i . c . 30. Their name for idol was wig , and for altar wighed , the table or bed of the idol . The word wig also signifies war , and this Friga's day . Seterne's day . " may imply either that the idol was a ...
... christian churches , lib . i . c . 30. Their name for idol was wig , and for altar wighed , the table or bed of the idol . The word wig also signifies war , and this Friga's day . Seterne's day . " may imply either that the idol was a ...
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... Christian missionaries in the air , because he fancied that magical arts had peculiar power within a house . " But we will reserve a full account of the superstitions of our ancestors for a subsequent chapter . law of the Frisians there ...
... Christian missionaries in the air , because he fancied that magical arts had peculiar power within a house . " But we will reserve a full account of the superstitions of our ancestors for a subsequent chapter . law of the Frisians there ...
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