Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations Relative to the Ancient Geographical Divisions, the Pure System of Primeval Theology, the Grand Code of Civil Laws, the Original Form of Government, the Widely-extended Commerce, and the Various Profound Literature, of Hindostan: Compared, Throughout, with the Religion, Laws, Government, and Literature, of Persia, Egypt, and Greece, the Whole Intended as Introductory to The History of Hindostan, Upon a Comprehensive Scale ...The Author, 1801 - India |
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Page 16
... length of the edifice . It must be owned , however , that this ftyle of building , with cir- cular wings and long ranging avenues of co- lumns , in the manner of the temples of Phi- lae and the ferpent Cnuph , is more parti- cularly ...
... length of the edifice . It must be owned , however , that this ftyle of building , with cir- cular wings and long ranging avenues of co- lumns , in the manner of the temples of Phi- lae and the ferpent Cnuph , is more parti- cularly ...
Page 17
... length , that formed the roofs of the ftupendous ftructures of the Thebais . That fimilitude , likewife , irresistibly struck the beholder in the very form of thofe co- lumns , of which the lofty taper fhaft , as , in particular , thofe ...
... length , that formed the roofs of the ftupendous ftructures of the Thebais . That fimilitude , likewife , irresistibly struck the beholder in the very form of thofe co- lumns , of which the lofty taper fhaft , as , in particular , thofe ...
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... , in form of a table , eight feet in length , and fix in breadth , covered fometimes with rich ta- pestry Voyage de Tavernier , tom . iv . p . 149 : Edit , à Rouens pestry and sometimes with cloth of gold of filver , [ 30 ]
... , in form of a table , eight feet in length , and fix in breadth , covered fometimes with rich ta- pestry Voyage de Tavernier , tom . iv . p . 149 : Edit , à Rouens pestry and sometimes with cloth of gold of filver , [ 30 ]
Page 34
... Forbes has favoured me with the fight of a beautiful drawing , taken on the spot , by his own correct pencil , is erected in a quadran- gular fashion , but not exactly square ; for , it is • is in length 140 paces , and in breadth [ 34 ]
... Forbes has favoured me with the fight of a beautiful drawing , taken on the spot , by his own correct pencil , is erected in a quadran- gular fashion , but not exactly square ; for , it is • is in length 140 paces , and in breadth [ 34 ]
Page 35
... length 140 paces , and in breadth 120 , which is entirely confonant to the observation of Mr. Crauford , that the Hindoos never erect any building precifely fquare , though their deviation from that line of measure- ment is very ...
... length 140 paces , and in breadth 120 , which is entirely confonant to the observation of Mr. Crauford , that the Hindoos never erect any building precifely fquare , though their deviation from that line of measure- ment is very ...
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