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Archaic England, an essay in deciphering prehistory from megalithic monuments, earthworks, customs, coins, placenames, and faeric superstitions (1919)

Bayley, Harold · London : Chapman & Hall ltd. · leaf 543

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shire nor Lancashire,they become more Cockney than the Cockneys ; and even the alien voicesof the east end, notably less musical than those of our own people, take onthe tones of Londons ancient speech.—MacBride, Mackenzie, LondonsDialect, An Ancient form of English Speech, with a Note on the… … FiG. 320.—La Venus de Quinipily, near Baud Morbihan, Brittany. FromSymbolism of the East and West (Aynsley, Mrs. Murray). pose as they sit upon the Brahan stone in Ireland : Bryan-stone Square in London is not more than a mile fromStanhope Street and Apsley House. The Breton statue of Quinipily may…

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