Industry in England: Historical OutlinesMethuen & Company, 1896 - 479 pages |
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... less blurred condition , the traces of Teutonic , Roman , Celtic , and even pre - historic races , who have each contributed their quota to the economic progress of the nation and to the physical peculiarities of the individual . To ...
... less blurred condition , the traces of Teutonic , Roman , Celtic , and even pre - historic races , who have each contributed their quota to the economic progress of the nation and to the physical peculiarities of the individual . To ...
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... less than three stocks . " The civilised Gauls had settled on the eastern coasts before the Roman invasions began , and were to spread across the island before the Roman conquest was complete . The Celts of an older migration were ...
... less than three stocks . " The civilised Gauls had settled on the eastern coasts before the Roman invasions began , and were to spread across the island before the Roman conquest was complete . The Celts of an older migration were ...
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... less than eight kinds of cereals ( including varieties of wheat , barley , and millet ) and " several of our most familiar seeds and fruits [ e.g. , peas , apples , pears , plums ] grew in the Neolithic gardens and orchards , " 5 though ...
... less than eight kinds of cereals ( including varieties of wheat , barley , and millet ) and " several of our most familiar seeds and fruits [ e.g. , peas , apples , pears , plums ] grew in the Neolithic gardens and orchards , " 5 though ...
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... less upon the chase and more upon agriculture for their food . With the progress of agriculture came a step upward in civilisation . Habitations , too , became larger and were better built ; the arts of spinning and weaving both flax ...
... less upon the chase and more upon agriculture for their food . With the progress of agriculture came a step upward in civilisation . Habitations , too , became larger and were better built ; the arts of spinning and weaving both flax ...
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... less civilised Gauls in the eastern portions , who had come over long before the Roman period , and gradually , both before and during the Roman occupation , spread across the island in a northerly and southerly direction . Then there ...
... less civilised Gauls in the eastern portions , who had come over long before the Roman period , and gradually , both before and during the Roman occupation , spread across the island in a northerly and southerly direction . Then there ...
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