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The measure of the progress of Britain from the Stone period upwards, partly referrible to indigenous development, partly to Gallic, and partly to Phœnician, intercourse, is to be found in these coins.

From The Ethnology of the British Islands by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

In the mean time, I will say that it is not improbable that the date may be referrible to temp.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 110, December 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Strabo's—or rather Artemidorus'—parallel is the same as that of the Orphic poem, and, probably, is referrible to the same source.

From The Ethnology of the British Islands by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

So does Dionysius Periegetes; indeed the three accounts seem all referrible to one source.

From The Ethnology of the British Islands by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

The cases referrible to this head may be ranged under two sections according as the increase is due to plurality of ordinarily single organs, or to an increase in the number of verticils or whorls.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.