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... by Festus , from the Sabine 6 alpus , ' equivalent to the Latin ' albus , ' in the sense of white , snow- clad mountains , does not seem worth much . modico flexu ] This is sometimes referred to the head DE MORIBUS GERMANIAE . 15.
... by Festus , from the Sabine 6 alpus , ' equivalent to the Latin ' albus , ' in the sense of white , snow- clad mountains , does not seem worth much . modico flexu ] This is sometimes referred to the head DE MORIBUS GERMANIAE . 15.
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... sense merges into the notion of an end con- templated by the agent , and pro- posed to himself as his aim ; and this seems the view to be taken of this passage , and a similar one in A. ii . 6 , " Rhenus Germaniam praevehitur donec ...
... sense merges into the notion of an end con- templated by the agent , and pro- posed to himself as his aim ; and this seems the view to be taken of this passage , and a similar one in A. ii . 6 , " Rhenus Germaniam praevehitur donec ...
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... sense the word has in Cic . Somn . Scip . 6 ; but only ' hostile , ' ' difficult of navigation . " The ob- jection made by Walther , that , if so , the apologetic expression , ' ut- que sic dixerim ' is unnecessary , does not seem worth ...
... sense the word has in Cic . Somn . Scip . 6 ; but only ' hostile , ' ' difficult of navigation . " The ob- jection made by Walther , that , if so , the apologetic expression , ' ut- que sic dixerim ' is unnecessary , does not seem worth ...
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... sense of nisi forte , ' does not contemplate any such possibility , but the reverse . carminibus ] Of these old Teu- tonic songs no specimens have survived ; and yet , indirectly , we can form a pretty accurate idea of their probable ...
... sense of nisi forte , ' does not contemplate any such possibility , but the reverse . carminibus ] Of these old Teu- tonic songs no specimens have survived ; and yet , indirectly , we can form a pretty accurate idea of their probable ...
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... sense of men good at the battle- shout ; like Homer's Bony ayalós . If so , it was the name used by their neighbours to designate the Ger- mans ; not by the Germans to designate either the whole , or any portion of themselves . This ...
... sense of men good at the battle- shout ; like Homer's Bony ayalós . If so , it was the name used by their neighbours to designate the Ger- mans ; not by the Germans to designate either the whole , or any portion of themselves . This ...
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