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... inscriptions the form of the letter was angular, something like our Z ; it then came to resemble S, and this, about the 7th century B.C., was straightened out into a vertical stroke. It has since varied less in form than any other ...
... inscriptions the form of the letter was angular, something like our Z ; it then came to resemble S, and this, about the 7th century B.C., was straightened out into a vertical stroke. It has since varied less in form than any other ...
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... inscriptions of Scandinavia (see Runes). The remains thus found are indeed very different from the language as it appears in Icelandic literature ; there is, however, sufficient similarity to show that the language there employed is ...
... inscriptions of Scandinavia (see Runes). The remains thus found are indeed very different from the language as it appears in Icelandic literature ; there is, however, sufficient similarity to show that the language there employed is ...
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... inscriptions, not for literary purposes. Some authorities, however, are of opinion that the earliest Icelandic writings were in runes, but, as there is not a single tittle uf such writing left as_evidence, the conjecture bishop, up ...
... inscriptions, not for literary purposes. Some authorities, however, are of opinion that the earliest Icelandic writings were in runes, but, as there is not a single tittle uf such writing left as_evidence, the conjecture bishop, up ...
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... inscription, ' found favour before the great God ; they dwell in glorv, where they live a heavenly life ; the bodies they fiave quitted will for ever repose in their tombs, whilst they rejoice in the life of the supreme God ...
... inscription, ' found favour before the great God ; they dwell in glorv, where they live a heavenly life ; the bodies they fiave quitted will for ever repose in their tombs, whilst they rejoice in the life of the supreme God ...
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... inscriptions, containing religious edicts, and scattered over the area of northern India from the vicinity of Peshawar on the north-west frontier, and Girnar in Gujarat, to Cuttack on the eastern coast. Similar in its origin to the Pali ...
... inscriptions, containing religious edicts, and scattered over the area of northern India from the vicinity of Peshawar on the north-west frontier, and Girnar in Gujarat, to Cuttack on the eastern coast. Similar in its origin to the Pali ...
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