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  • noun Plural form of Celt.

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  • Saxons, Vikings, and Celts is a bold and ambitious embarkation that reveals the astounding results of Sykes many years of study; while the facts may present more questions of why than answers, Saxons, Vikings and Celts is one of the most important books of the twenty-first century.

    2010 March 06 « The BookBanter Blog 2010

  • Saxons, Vikings, and Celts is a bold and ambitious embarkation that reveals the astounding results of Sykes many years of study; while the facts may present more questions of why than answers, Saxons, Vikings and Celts is one of the most important books of the twenty-first century.

    “Saxons, Vikings and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland” by Bryan Sykes (Norton, 2006) « The BookBanter Blog 2010

  • Saxons, Vikings, and Celts is padded like an insecure debutante: sales pitches for Oxford Ancestors, descriptions of the scenery of the Scottish isles, praise for the fine organization of British blood drives, reminiscences of professional colleagues, accounts of local folklore, even a recommendation for a particularly fine ice cream parlor in Lampeter, Wales.

    Britain 2010

  • I notice that my nationalistic hackles are rising and that the antipathy from the Celts is really beginning to grate on me.

    England`s Future Decided in Scotland Newmania 2007

  • There is no stronger case than that of the wild, unworldly and perishing stock which we commonly call the Celts, of whom your friends the MacNabs are specimens.

    The Complete Father Brown 2003

  • There is no stronger case than that of the wild, unworldly and perishing stock which we commonly call the Celts, of whom your friends the MacNabs are specimens.

    The Complete Father Brown 2003

  • What we call Celts and Teutons are simply portions of the one race, humanity, camouflaged up upon their different patterns.

    The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Kenneth Morris 1908

  • There is no stronger case than that of the wild, unworldly and perishing stock which we commonly call the Celts, of whom your friends the MacNabs are specimens.

    The Wisdom of Father Brown 1905

  • Jillian says: In a way my initial exploration into the people we call the Celts had nothing to do with the Celts themselves but more to do with my growing inclination and curiosity with the world and events that surrounded them.

    Hosks Half Hour 2009

  • If the Achaeans were, as in Mr. Ridgeway's theory, a northern people -- "Celts" -- who conquered with iron weapons a Pelasgian bronze-using Mycenaean people, it is not credible to me that

    Homer and His Age Andrew Lang 1878

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