Proceedings of the Philological SocietyGeorge Bell, 1854 - 9 pages Vol. 6, appendix: A dictionary of the Circassian language / by L. Loewe. |
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... relationship to the sovereigns he succeeds ; in the latter his personal prowess and energetic character are made the sole source of his success , and there is no intimation that by birth he was a person of any distinc- tion . His father ...
... relationship to the sovereigns he succeeds ; in the latter his personal prowess and energetic character are made the sole source of his success , and there is no intimation that by birth he was a person of any distinc- tion . His father ...
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... relation of Media to Persia , antecedently to the revolution in which Astyages was dethroned , seems to have approached that of a suzerain over a dependency , analogous perhaps to that of the house of Hapsburg over the old Swiss Cantons ...
... relation of Media to Persia , antecedently to the revolution in which Astyages was dethroned , seems to have approached that of a suzerain over a dependency , analogous perhaps to that of the house of Hapsburg over the old Swiss Cantons ...
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... relation of Darius , and so connected with him as to make the latter , at the time of the death of the last sur- viving child of Cyrus the Great , next heir to the crown of Media . In Book vii . § 11 of Herodotus , Xerxes is made to ...
... relation of Darius , and so connected with him as to make the latter , at the time of the death of the last sur- viving child of Cyrus the Great , next heir to the crown of Media . In Book vii . § 11 of Herodotus , Xerxes is made to ...
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... relation ( Herod . i . 109 ) , to conspire against him , and , with the assistance of Cyrus and his hardy Persian troops , to dethrone him . Jealousy of each other ( perhaps aided by the physical force which Cyrus had at command ) ...
... relation ( Herod . i . 109 ) , to conspire against him , and , with the assistance of Cyrus and his hardy Persian troops , to dethrone him . Jealousy of each other ( perhaps aided by the physical force which Cyrus had at command ) ...
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... relationship of Darius * This is even an understatement of the case . In the East , where there is no class of capitalists , all artisans are maintained , from day to day , by the personal expenditure of the wealthy . The change of the ...
... relationship of Darius * This is even an understatement of the case . In the East , where there is no class of capitalists , all artisans are maintained , from day to day , by the personal expenditure of the wealthy . The change of the ...
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