What is Your Name?: A Popular Account of the Meanings and Derivations of Christian NamesR. Bentley, 1863 - 313페이지 |
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... Rome at the approaching downfall of his power , this unworthy descendant of a race of heroes , in his superstitious terror , submitted to an ignominious expedient for enquiring into futurity which was suggested to him by a Jewish name ...
... Rome at the approaching downfall of his power , this unworthy descendant of a race of heroes , in his superstitious terror , submitted to an ignominious expedient for enquiring into futurity which was suggested to him by a Jewish name ...
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... Rome's victorious sons distin- guished by a name of honour lived to recognise in it an unchanging joy , the only one of which his enemies could not deprive him . The early services of Caius Marius were forgotten by his ungrateful ...
... Rome's victorious sons distin- guished by a name of honour lived to recognise in it an unchanging joy , the only one of which his enemies could not deprive him . The early services of Caius Marius were forgotten by his ungrateful ...
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... Rome the original custom had been to name an infant at the moment of its birth ; when laid at its father's feet , the act of his lifting the babe from the ground was looked upon as an acknowledgment of the child , and an engagement to ...
... Rome the original custom had been to name an infant at the moment of its birth ; when laid at its father's feet , the act of his lifting the babe from the ground was looked upon as an acknowledgment of the child , and an engagement to ...
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... Rome , when we read that two letters reversed were considered sufficient to represent woman- kind ! C and M reversed ( as if to point the insult ! ) signified Caia and Marcia . By these tokens were women once designated by a people ...
... Rome , when we read that two letters reversed were considered sufficient to represent woman- kind ! C and M reversed ( as if to point the insult ! ) signified Caia and Marcia . By these tokens were women once designated by a people ...
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... ROME AND CHINA . 47 The first step was to distinguish daughters by a feminised form of the name of their house ... Rome's scant courtesy to her daughters finds no parallel in the history of names , except amongst the Chinese . The owners ...
... ROME AND CHINA . 47 The first step was to distinguish daughters by a feminised form of the name of their house ... Rome's scant courtesy to her daughters finds no parallel in the history of names , except amongst the Chinese . The owners ...
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ABSTRACT QUALITIES acrostics Amalaric amongst ancient Arabian Arabic Assyrian bear beautiful bestowed blessed brave bright called Celt Celtic century change of name charm child Christian names Christopher Columbus Church conquerors courage Cyaxares daughter death Deri derived East emperor England English expressive exquisite fair faith family names father flowers France French gift glory God's grace Greece Greek Greek name heart Hebrew Hebrew names hero history of names holy honour individual names Julius Cæsar king lady land Latin legend letters light lives Lord Mary meaning mighty moon mother name-giving nations noble North American Indian original peace Persian prænomen prince princess queen QUEEN DAGMAR race Roman Rome royal sacred saint Saxon Semiramis significant name signifying sion Sophi sound Spanish story strange supposed surnames sweet synonyme tell Teutonic vation Class Divi wife woman WOMEN word دو وو
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