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, AND THE VARIOUS AND PROFOUND LITERATURE OF HINDOSTAN: COMPARED, THROUGHOUT, WITH THE RELIGION, LAWS, GOVERNMENT AND LITERATURE OF PERSIA, EGYPT, AND GREECE. THE WHOLE Intended as Introductory To, and Illustrative Of, THE HISTORY OF HINDOSTAN.. Containing the DISSERTATIONS on the GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS, and the THEOLOGY, of HINDOSTAN, Volume 1THE AUTHOR, 1793 |
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Page viii
... magnificent and powerful mo- narch that ever fwayed the Indian fcepter , had previously , in the fixteenth century , by the most laudable and ftrenuous exertions , in fome degree explored that path , and pene- trated that obfcure maze ...
... magnificent and powerful mo- narch that ever fwayed the Indian fcepter , had previously , in the fixteenth century , by the most laudable and ftrenuous exertions , in fome degree explored that path , and pene- trated that obfcure maze ...
Page lxiv
... magnificent in the circuit of nature ; * or , the * I wish , particularly in this paffage , to apologize for the manner in which , towards the clofe of the Geographical Dif fertations , the most venerable and beautiful in the com- pass ...
... magnificent in the circuit of nature ; * or , the * I wish , particularly in this paffage , to apologize for the manner in which , towards the clofe of the Geographical Dif fertations , the most venerable and beautiful in the com- pass ...
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... could remain unanimated when introducing to the reader's notice ob- jects fo little known to the learned of Europe ? Objects equally aftonishing and magnificent . to the diffufion of Indian knowledge , † for their [ Ixv ]
... could remain unanimated when introducing to the reader's notice ob- jects fo little known to the learned of Europe ? Objects equally aftonishing and magnificent . to the diffufion of Indian knowledge , † for their [ Ixv ]
Page xc
... magnificent fabric . That a people who , as they are repre- fented by the correct pen of Mr. Orme , in the elegant preface to his history , shudder at the fight of blood , and are , upon that ac- count , totally ignorant of the anatomy ...
... magnificent fabric . That a people who , as they are repre- fented by the correct pen of Mr. Orme , in the elegant preface to his history , shudder at the fight of blood , and are , upon that ac- count , totally ignorant of the anatomy ...
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... magnificent an edifice was only the VESTIBULE ? Connected with the caverns of India , are two other subjects , concerning which I request the reader's permiffion fomewhat more expli- citly to deliver my fentiments . The first re gards ...
... magnificent an edifice was only the VESTIBULE ? Connected with the caverns of India , are two other subjects , concerning which I request the reader's permiffion fomewhat more expli- citly to deliver my fentiments . The first re gards ...
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