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... appears that the use of duplicate words is evidence of conquest ; that such words as omnipotent , almighty , omniscient , all - seeing , ox , beef , sheep , mutton , bear the impress of two races , the conqueror and the conquered ...
... appears that the use of duplicate words is evidence of conquest ; that such words as omnipotent , almighty , omniscient , all - seeing , ox , beef , sheep , mutton , bear the impress of two races , the conqueror and the conquered ...
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... appear to have been expressed in the cry of Celtic France at the end of the eighteenth century , " Equality , Liberty , Fraternity . " The descendants of Gomer , the parent of the Celts , broke up into separate families , each governed ...
... appear to have been expressed in the cry of Celtic France at the end of the eighteenth century , " Equality , Liberty , Fraternity . " The descendants of Gomer , the parent of the Celts , broke up into separate families , each governed ...
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... appears to have become known to the Greeks about 200 years B.C .; they gave it the title of " Juveonei ; " Cæsar calls it " Hibernia , " and says it was about half the size of England . Ptolemy gives a map of Ireland , which is superior ...
... appears to have become known to the Greeks about 200 years B.C .; they gave it the title of " Juveonei ; " Cæsar calls it " Hibernia , " and says it was about half the size of England . Ptolemy gives a map of Ireland , which is superior ...
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... appears to have been antecedent to any written law , and to have been recognised as an existing institution in the same way that customs in England prove common law rights which rest upon the lex non scripta . The descriptions which we ...
... appears to have been antecedent to any written law , and to have been recognised as an existing institution in the same way that customs in England prove common law rights which rest upon the lex non scripta . The descriptions which we ...
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... appear to have held the same office , and its main function was the equitable division of the land among the lineage of the far - away original chieftain . It may sound trite to say that even now every man has only a life possession or ...
... appear to have held the same office , and its main function was the equitable division of the land among the lineage of the far - away original chieftain . It may sound trite to say that even now every man has only a life possession or ...
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