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... probably by doing this that Pheidon attained his fame in Greece . It is probable that he merely regularized existing measures and weights , not inventing them , but making them systematic and consistent . These Pheidonian weights are in ...
... probably by doing this that Pheidon attained his fame in Greece . It is probable that he merely regularized existing measures and weights , not inventing them , but making them systematic and consistent . These Pheidonian weights are in ...
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... probably chosen or selected ' , and in the case of a male divinity the selection was doubtless on the score of his excelling in feats of valour . Compare such Celtic names as Irish Fergus , Mod . Ir . Fearghus , Welsh Gurgust , Grwst ...
... probably chosen or selected ' , and in the case of a male divinity the selection was doubtless on the score of his excelling in feats of valour . Compare such Celtic names as Irish Fergus , Mod . Ir . Fearghus , Welsh Gurgust , Grwst ...
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... probably write aderyn du pigfelyn , ' a yellow - beaked blackbird , ' where aderyn du and melyn are masculine , while pig is feminine , so that ' a yellow beak ' has to become pig felen . Nevertheless , as a child I learnt to say ...
... probably write aderyn du pigfelyn , ' a yellow - beaked blackbird , ' where aderyn du and melyn are masculine , while pig is feminine , so that ' a yellow beak ' has to become pig felen . Nevertheless , as a child I learnt to say ...
Contents
NINTH ANNUAL GENERAL Meeting July 5 1911 ADDRESS BY | 3 |
SOME CARDINAL POINTS IN KNOWLEDGE | 28 |
PROLEGOMENA TO THE STUDY OF THE LATER IRISH BARDS 12001500 | 89 |
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