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... Comparison of words in the Greek and Cymric languages - Importance of this comparison as showing the civilisation of the ancient Britons - Greek and Cymric conform in type , when their type differs from that of other Aryan languages ...
... Comparison of words in the Greek and Cymric languages - Importance of this comparison as showing the civilisation of the ancient Britons - Greek and Cymric conform in type , when their type differs from that of other Aryan languages ...
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... comparison must be based any conclusion that may be arrived at . every kind There are probably few historians or ethnologists who will deny that a satisfactory result can be attained only by a careful investigation of of evidence ; but ...
... comparison must be based any conclusion that may be arrived at . every kind There are probably few historians or ethnologists who will deny that a satisfactory result can be attained only by a careful investigation of of evidence ; but ...
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... comparison of the account given by him of any events with the accounts given by authors whose credibility is ascer- tained . Now , to do Gildas justice , he does not claim for his work the character of a faithful and accurate account of ...
... comparison of the account given by him of any events with the accounts given by authors whose credibility is ascer- tained . Now , to do Gildas justice , he does not claim for his work the character of a faithful and accurate account of ...
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... comparison with the best speeches to be found in Livy or Tacitus . The groans of the Britons , ' the letter was headed . The barbarians , on the one hand , chase us into the sea ; the sea , on the other , throws us back on the ...
... comparison with the best speeches to be found in Livy or Tacitus . The groans of the Britons , ' the letter was headed . The barbarians , on the one hand , chase us into the sea ; the sea , on the other , throws us back on the ...
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... comparison of all the historical and traditional evidence we can col- lect . We must no longer restrict ourselves to one particular period , but must work our way upwards from the earliest tradition to the Norman Conquest , and even to ...
... comparison of all the historical and traditional evidence we can col- lect . We must no longer restrict ourselves to one particular period , but must work our way upwards from the earliest tradition to the Norman Conquest , and even to ...
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