Personal and Family Names: A Popular Monograph on the Origin and History of the Nomenclature of the Present and Former TimesHamilton, Adams & Company, 1883 - 362 páginas |
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Personal and Family Names: A Popular Monograph on the Origin and History of ... Harry Alfred Long Visualização completa - 1883 |
Personal and Family Names: A Popular Monograph on the Origin and History of ... Harry Alfred Long Visualização completa - 1883 |
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Aiur ancient applied Arabic ARIDATHA Arta Asir Baal Balaam battle beautiful becomes Beotia bird birth bishop bold born brook bull burning called castle Celtic Celts dale dark daughter descendants divine dweller dwelling earth Edom English father field fight fire French Gaels German given gives glorious glory goat goddess Goth Greek HACHMONI head Hebrew Hence hill Hindoo honour horse identical Irish island Italian Jehovah Jesus Jews John Jotuns king Kirioth known lady land lion living lord MAACHAH maker meadow means Milesian mother mountain noble patronymical PELOPS Persian PHICOL pilgrim priest prince Purgos river Roman sacred Saxon serpent servant shield shining sometimes sons Spanish spear star stone stream strong Thor Thor's thou town tree Tuisco uncon unto valley warrior whence wife wolf woman wood word worker worship
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Página 187 - But know that in the Soul Are many lesser Faculties that serve Reason as chief; among these Fancy next Her office holds ; of all external things, Which the five watchful Senses represent, She forms Imaginations, Aery shapes, Which Reason joining or disjoining, frames All what we affirm or what deny, and call Our knowledge or opinion; then retires Into her private Cell when Nature rests.
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Página 51 - But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you : but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
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