The North American Review, Volume 73University of Northern Iowa, 1851 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... Tribes against the English Colonies after the Conquest of Canada . By FRANCIS PARKMAN , JR . IX . CRITICAL NOTICES . 1. Sibley's History of Union . 2. Dickson's System of Medicine 3. Trade with British America NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED ...
... Tribes against the English Colonies after the Conquest of Canada . By FRANCIS PARKMAN , JR . IX . CRITICAL NOTICES . 1. Sibley's History of Union . 2. Dickson's System of Medicine 3. Trade with British America NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED ...
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... tribe of people whose features answer precisely to the Mongolian cha- racteristics given to the Huns by the Roman writers at the time of the invasion of the Empire by that race . In France , two distinct races are found predominant in ...
... tribe of people whose features answer precisely to the Mongolian cha- racteristics given to the Huns by the Roman writers at the time of the invasion of the Empire by that race . In France , two distinct races are found predominant in ...
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... tribes wandering from the east , created a civilization that produced , in all forms of literature and art , works which are still the models of the whole civilized earth . Rome , founded by tribes of robbers , and drawing into its ...
... tribes wandering from the east , created a civilization that produced , in all forms of literature and art , works which are still the models of the whole civilized earth . Rome , founded by tribes of robbers , and drawing into its ...
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... tribes into which they were sub- divided the Saxons occupied an eminent position , and had done so before leaving Asia ; so much so that the Persians called all the Scythians by the name of Sacæ ; and Pliny , who mentions this fact ...
... tribes into which they were sub- divided the Saxons occupied an eminent position , and had done so before leaving Asia ; so much so that the Persians called all the Scythians by the name of Sacæ ; and Pliny , who mentions this fact ...
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... tribe of the Teutones living in Scandinavia , passed over into these regions , and made a settlement on the north- eastern coast of the peninsula , driving out the Jutes , who , unable to expel the invaders , at length determined to ...
... tribe of the Teutones living in Scandinavia , passed over into these regions , and made a settlement on the north- eastern coast of the peninsula , driving out the Jutes , who , unable to expel the invaders , at length determined to ...
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