The History of the Anglo-Saxons, Том 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807 - 499 страници |
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... . Apoll . lib . viii . ep . 9. Bede , lib . ii . c . 1. The expressions applied by Tacitus to all the German nations are , " truces , et cerulei oculi . " I. direful customs , their acquired passions , and barbarous 4 HISTORY OF THE.
... . Apoll . lib . viii . ep . 9. Bede , lib . ii . c . 1. The expressions applied by Tacitus to all the German nations are , " truces , et cerulei oculi . " I. direful customs , their acquired passions , and barbarous 4 HISTORY OF THE.
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... nations . " Hence the colour of the hair of their males is mentioned as uniform . In the fourth century they had a peculiar method of arranging and cutting their hair , which Sidonius has described . It had the effect of enlarging the ...
... nations . " Hence the colour of the hair of their males is mentioned as uniform . In the fourth century they had a peculiar method of arranging and cutting their hair , which Sidonius has described . It had the effect of enlarging the ...
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... nation was not confined to the males . Female chastity is indeed a virtue as indispensable as it is attractive ; but its proper guardians are the maternal example and tuition , the constitutional delicacy of the female mind , its native ...
... nation was not confined to the males . Female chastity is indeed a virtue as indispensable as it is attractive ; but its proper guardians are the maternal example and tuition , the constitutional delicacy of the female mind , its native ...
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Sharon Turner. of a Saxon punishment , the nation is too barbarous , or too contaminated , to be benefited , by the penalty . In their marriages they allowed a son to wed his father's widow , and a brother his sister - in - law . " By ...
Sharon Turner. of a Saxon punishment , the nation is too barbarous , or too contaminated , to be benefited , by the penalty . In their marriages they allowed a son to wed his father's widow , and a brother his sister - in - law . " By ...
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... nation but the Jewish , a more gross system of superstition was gradually established . The Deity was de- throned by the symbols which human folly selected as his representatives ; the most ancient of these were the heavenly III ...
... nation but the Jewish , a more gross system of superstition was gradually established . The Deity was de- throned by the symbols which human folly selected as his representatives ; the most ancient of these were the heavenly III ...
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