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... German tribe , or association of tribes , who gave themselves * this proud name of the ' franks ' or the free ; and who , at the breaking up of the Roman Empire , possessed themselves of Gaul , to which they gave their own name . They ...
... German tribe , or association of tribes , who gave themselves * this proud name of the ' franks ' or the free ; and who , at the breaking up of the Roman Empire , possessed themselves of Gaul , to which they gave their own name . They ...
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... German race , but was an epithet applied to any man possessed of certain high moral qualities , which for the most part appertained to , and were found only in , men of that stock ; and thus in men's daily discourse , when they speak of ...
... German race , but was an epithet applied to any man possessed of certain high moral qualities , which for the most part appertained to , and were found only in , men of that stock ; and thus in men's daily discourse , when they speak of ...
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... Germans njemets , connected with njemo , in- distinct . The old name Slovene , Slavonians , is probably a derivative from the substantive which appears in Church Slavonic in the form slovo , a word ; see Thomsen's Russia and Scandinavia ...
... Germans njemets , connected with njemo , in- distinct . The old name Slovene , Slavonians , is probably a derivative from the substantive which appears in Church Slavonic in the form slovo , a word ; see Thomsen's Russia and Scandinavia ...
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... German . Tott and Teuffel were two officers of high rank in the army which Gustavus Adolphus brought with him into Germany . You may imagine how soon those of the other side declared that he had brought ' death ' and ' hell ' in his ...
... German . Tott and Teuffel were two officers of high rank in the army which Gustavus Adolphus brought with him into Germany . You may imagine how soon those of the other side declared that he had brought ' death ' and ' hell ' in his ...
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... German as those who remain , ' that is , on the field of battle ; of evλoyia , or ' the blessing , ' as a name given in modern Greek to the smallpox ! We may compare as an example of this same euphem- ism the famous ' Vixerunt ' with ...
... German as those who remain , ' that is , on the field of battle ; of evλoyia , or ' the blessing , ' as a name given in modern Greek to the smallpox ! We may compare as an example of this same euphem- ism the famous ' Vixerunt ' with ...
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Página 15 - to see what he would call them, and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
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Página 34 - WAS this the face that launched a thousand ships And burned the topless towers of Ilium?
Página 101 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Página 57 - Abhorred Styx, the flood of deadly hate; Sad Acheron, of sorrow, black and deep; Cocytus, named of lamentation loud Heard on the rueful stream; fierce Phlegethon, Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage.
Página 33 - No man can read this poem without being struck by the fitness and finish of the workmanship, so to speak, as well as by the chastened and unpretending loftiness of thought which pervades the whole." — GLOBE. Words from the PoetS. Selected by the Editor of
Página 100 - Then they that gladly received his word were baptized ; and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls ; and they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
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Página 38 - Or, for the laurel, he may gain a scorn; For a good poet's made, as well as born. And such wert thou! Look how the father's face Lives in his issue, even so the race Of Shakespeare's mind and manners brightly shines In his well turned, and true filed lines; In each of which he seems to shake a lance, As brandished at the eyes of ignorance.