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... Tacitus , and others resemble thofe of the Perfians , Gentoos , and the Oriental nations . Mr. Richardfon , author of the Perfic and Ara- bic dictionary , and many other learned works , acknowledges that he was much aftonished to find ...
... Tacitus , and others resemble thofe of the Perfians , Gentoos , and the Oriental nations . Mr. Richardfon , author of the Perfic and Ara- bic dictionary , and many other learned works , acknowledges that he was much aftonished to find ...
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... Tacitus fays of German portions ; 66 ( 6 66 fo in Irish , bofadh is to be endowed with cows , " from Bo , a cow . The word Sprè , i . e . cattle , " is the only word to fignify a woman's marriage 66 portion . The men of quality amongst ...
... Tacitus fays of German portions ; 66 ( 6 66 fo in Irish , bofadh is to be endowed with cows , " from Bo , a cow . The word Sprè , i . e . cattle , " is the only word to fignify a woman's marriage 66 portion . The men of quality amongst ...
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Charles Vallancey. Whoever reads Tacitus with care , or will turn to the learned Dr. Gilbert Stuart's View of Society in Europe ( where he will find the fenfe of Tacitus more fully explained than in any other author ) will be convinced ...
Charles Vallancey. Whoever reads Tacitus with care , or will turn to the learned Dr. Gilbert Stuart's View of Society in Europe ( where he will find the fenfe of Tacitus more fully explained than in any other author ) will be convinced ...
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... Tacitus , fpeaking ( ƒ ) Ogygia , p . 249. ( g ) Ibid , p . 248 . ( g ) Ibid , p . 248 . 66 com- ( b ) At a great council held at Drogheda on Friday before the feaft of St. Andrew , ( 29 Hen . VI . ) before James Earl of Ormond , deputy ...
... Tacitus , fpeaking ( ƒ ) Ogygia , p . 249. ( g ) Ibid , p . 248 . ( g ) Ibid , p . 248 . 66 com- ( b ) At a great council held at Drogheda on Friday before the feaft of St. Andrew , ( 29 Hen . VI . ) before James Earl of Ormond , deputy ...
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... cogniti . Tacitus in Vita Agricolæ , p . 159. Edit . Elzev . 1649 . ( k ) Ut fupra . ( 1 ) Societatem fub juramento inierunt , piraticam exercen- tes , 66 partnerships upon oath , to exercife their pyra- cies Ixiv PREFACE .
... cogniti . Tacitus in Vita Agricolæ , p . 159. Edit . Elzev . 1649 . ( k ) Ut fupra . ( 1 ) Societatem fub juramento inierunt , piraticam exercen- tes , 66 partnerships upon oath , to exercife their pyra- cies Ixiv PREFACE .
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