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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... the Druid codes of theo- logy . That they also believed in the doctrine of the defection of the human foul from , a state of original rectitude , its regeneration by penance , and and final happiness to be obtained by means of a E34 ]
... the Druid codes of theo- logy . That they also believed in the doctrine of the defection of the human foul from , a state of original rectitude , its regeneration by penance , and and final happiness to be obtained by means of a E34 ]
Page 228
... state , we come to their mode of preparing , or , as the miners call it , dreffing , the tin . When the ore is dug out and landed , and the larger maffes are broken by men appointed to that duty , it is brought , on horses , to the ...
... state , we come to their mode of preparing , or , as the miners call it , dreffing , the tin . When the ore is dug out and landed , and the larger maffes are broken by men appointed to that duty , it is brought , on horses , to the ...
Page 229
... state , called block - tin . Be- fore they are quite cold , the blocks are ftamped with the house - mark of the fmelters , a pelican , a plume of feathers , or fome fuch device , in proof of the genuineness of the metal ; they are then ...
... state , called block - tin . Be- fore they are quite cold , the blocks are ftamped with the house - mark of the fmelters , a pelican , a plume of feathers , or fome fuch device , in proof of the genuineness of the metal ; they are then ...
Page 238
... mud ; whence was formed its Cornish name of Stean , and the Latin word ftannum . 1 . The Scilly iflands are very numerous , but ten are of principal note , and exhibit the marks 4 marks of having been in a state of vigorous [ 238 ]
... mud ; whence was formed its Cornish name of Stean , and the Latin word ftannum . 1 . The Scilly iflands are very numerous , but ten are of principal note , and exhibit the marks 4 marks of having been in a state of vigorous [ 238 ]
Page 239
... state of vigorous cultivation , and extremely populous in an- cient periods ; five only are inhabited ; the most confiderable at prefent of which is St. Mary's , being about nine miles in circum- ference , and containing about 700 inha ...
... state of vigorous cultivation , and extremely populous in an- cient periods ; five only are inhabited ; the most confiderable at prefent of which is St. Mary's , being about nine miles in circum- ference , and containing about 700 inha ...
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Abury æra afferted Afia Afiatic aftronomical againſt alfo alſo ancient antiquity Brahmins Britain Britiſh called Carthage Carthaginians celebrated circumftance coaft colonies commerce confiderable confifting Cornwall courſe cuftom dæmon defcendants defcribed deity diftant Diodorus Diodorus Siculus Druids Eaft Egypt Egyptians erected eſpecially eſtabliſhed extenfive facred fame fays fcience feems feftival ferpent ferved fhall fhips fhore fhould filk filver fince firft firſt fituated flouriſhed folar fome formed fpecies ftate ftill ftones fubject fuch fuperftition fuppofed fyftem fymbol Gaul gold Greeks Gulph Hercules Herodotus hiftory hypothefis immenfe India inftance iſland itſelf leaſt lefs metal moft moſt muft muſt nation navigation neceffary northern obferved old Britons paffage paffed Perfian period Phoenicians Pliny prefent purpoſe race refpect regions Reſearches rites Sabian Sanfcreet Scythian Sir William Jones Stonehenge Strabo Stukeley temple thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion Tyre uſed vafes vaft veffels weft weſtern whofe whoſe worſhip