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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... Moft Noble the Marchionefs of Salisbury Moft Noble the Marquis of Lanfdown Most Noble the Marquis of Abercorn Moft Noble the Marquis of Blandford Right Hon . the Countess of Leicester 40 Setts Right Hon . the Countess of Strathmore 3 ...
... Moft Noble the Marchionefs of Salisbury Moft Noble the Marquis of Lanfdown Most Noble the Marquis of Abercorn Moft Noble the Marquis of Blandford Right Hon . the Countess of Leicester 40 Setts Right Hon . the Countess of Strathmore 3 ...
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... before Christ ; and it is proba- ble that the poet would fo far obferve confift- ency , as to endeavour to represent the man- ners of the age in which Dushmanta reigned . It It is , indeed , a moft valuable acquifition to [ v ]
... before Christ ; and it is proba- ble that the poet would fo far obferve confift- ency , as to endeavour to represent the man- ners of the age in which Dushmanta reigned . It It is , indeed , a moft valuable acquifition to [ v ]
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... moft valuable acquifition to the writer who would wish accurately to delineate thofe manners , and throws confiderable light upon many points , relative to their customs and opinions , with which the ancients were very fuperficially ...
... moft valuable acquifition to the writer who would wish accurately to delineate thofe manners , and throws confiderable light upon many points , relative to their customs and opinions , with which the ancients were very fuperficially ...
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... moft refpectable bookfellers to whom I immediately offered my work , declined having any thing to do with a pro- duction which , it was predicted , the fuperior pen , and the transcendant abilities of Dr. ROBERTSON , would not fail to ...
... moft refpectable bookfellers to whom I immediately offered my work , declined having any thing to do with a pro- duction which , it was predicted , the fuperior pen , and the transcendant abilities of Dr. ROBERTSON , would not fail to ...
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... to Woodford , Dr , Johnson's letter , which I keep as a flattering memento of his friendship , and a striking proof , among others , of his enlarged philanthropy . was called , upon an occafion the moft dif treffing [ li ]
... to Woodford , Dr , Johnson's letter , which I keep as a flattering memento of his friendship , and a striking proof , among others , of his enlarged philanthropy . was called , upon an occafion the moft dif treffing [ li ]
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