... by perpetual incursions of Tataric tribes preventing the growth of anything like nationality. Under some circumstances the pressure exerted by a totally alien enemy might serve as a stimulus to national consolidation. But here the various races were... Darwinism: And Other Essays - Sayfa 229John Fiske tarafından - 1885 - 374 sayfaTam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
| 1877 - 796 sayfa
...hand, whatever chance there might have been for any such assimilation of races and dialects was cut ofi by perpetual incursions of Tataric tribes preventing...people. They have left names for rivers and mountains in almostcvery part of Europe. The name of the river Don in Russia, for example, is one of the common... | |
| Nicholas Flood Davin - 1877 - 750 sayfa
...rising land, Theirs was a mission truly grand. find traces of the Kelts everywhere. But there can be no doubt whatever that the Kelts were once a very...Nottinghamshire, a Dane in Cheshire, and a Dun in Lincolnshire. Tht same name appears in the Rho-tfan-us, or Rhone, in Gaul, the Eri-Am-us, or Po, in Italy, as well... | |
| Nicholas Flood Davin - 1877 - 724 sayfa
...rising land, Theirs was a mission truly grand. find traces of the Kelts everywhere. But there can be no doubt whatever that the Kelts were once a very...almost every part of Europe. The name of the river Don inRussia, for example, is one of the common Keltic names for water, and so we find a river Don in Yorkshire,... | |
| John Fiske - 1885 - 404 sayfa
...has even become possible to talk about a " Latin race " ! In like manner the Prussian of Kb'nigsberg, his Lettic mother-tongue forgotten for six generations,...Dun in Lincolnshire. The same name appears in the Rho-<?anus, or Rhone, in Gaul ; the Eri-rfan-us, or Po, in Italy ; as well as in the Z>n-ieper, Z)«-iester,... | |
| 1877 - 804 sayfa
...so early as to be forgotten before people began to write history. It has been fashionable to siiecr at zealous Irish writers for their propensity to find...have left names for rivers and mountains in almost e very part of Europe. The name of the river Don in Russia, for example, is one of the common Keltic... | |
| 1877 - 804 sayfa
...mixture was recent enough to be recognized by Roman historians, who called the Spaniards Kelt-Ibarians; but elsewhere it was accomplished so early as to be...people. They have left names for rivers and mountains in almostevery part of Europe. The name of the river Don in Russia, for example, is one of the common... | |
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