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... truth of the foregoing remark whilst consid . is rich and highly interesting .. Of one thing , Jering the history of the most numerous of danger . the nations of Europe . It does indeed 1840 . 31 Sclavonian Antiquities .
... truth of the foregoing remark whilst consid . is rich and highly interesting .. Of one thing , Jering the history of the most numerous of danger . the nations of Europe . It does indeed 1840 . 31 Sclavonian Antiquities .
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... whilst in their igno- Gifted with an owl - like vision , which enables rance of the language and history of their him to penetrate through the obscurity that Sclavonian neighbours they have circulated would baffle any other , with an ...
... whilst in their igno- Gifted with an owl - like vision , which enables rance of the language and history of their him to penetrate through the obscurity that Sclavonian neighbours they have circulated would baffle any other , with an ...
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... whilst deutsche , from the Gothic thiuda ( natio , their subjects , whom he speaks of as agri- masters in language , gens ) ; Finnish tauta . The ancient Skan- cultural Scythians , were Sclavonians , and dinavians used to call their ...
... whilst deutsche , from the Gothic thiuda ( natio , their subjects , whom he speaks of as agri- masters in language , gens ) ; Finnish tauta . The ancient Skan- cultural Scythians , were Sclavonians , and dinavians used to call their ...
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... whilst an unmixed language nations settled in Dacia , in the neighbour undergoes by the mere lapse of time many hood of the Sclavonians , being also compelled changes in its structure . Hence it is that to yield a part of their country ...
... whilst an unmixed language nations settled in Dacia , in the neighbour undergoes by the mere lapse of time many hood of the Sclavonians , being also compelled changes in its structure . Hence it is that to yield a part of their country ...
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... whilst the latter was stationed in that part of northern Hungary which is now the modern province of Tokay . This writer tells us , that during his passage he was offered for , food and beverage millet and honey instead of rye and wine ...
... whilst the latter was stationed in that part of northern Hungary which is now the modern province of Tokay . This writer tells us , that during his passage he was offered for , food and beverage millet and honey instead of rye and wine ...
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