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 51
... fails of thofe fwift veffels that wafted them , in queft of tin , to the remote regions of the Caffiterides , on the coaft of Britain . Founded , probably , on ancient traditions refpecting his univerfal agency in the poft - diluvian ...
... fails of thofe fwift veffels that wafted them , in queft of tin , to the remote regions of the Caffiterides , on the coaft of Britain . Founded , probably , on ancient traditions refpecting his univerfal agency in the poft - diluvian ...
Page 70
... fail of being regarded with peculiar honours by a race involved in the depth of a grofs phyfical fuperftition and devoted to the Phallic worship . On the lofty eminences of the Carns , that were extended in a line over the whole coaft ...
... fail of being regarded with peculiar honours by a race involved in the depth of a grofs phyfical fuperftition and devoted to the Phallic worship . On the lofty eminences of the Carns , that were extended in a line over the whole coaft ...
Page 115
... fail to find ftones for striking fire scattered round it ; for no other fire , but fuch as was ftruck forth with a flint , was pure enough for fo holy a purpose . Sometimes these rural altars . are conftructed in a more magnificent ...
... fail to find ftones for striking fire scattered round it ; for no other fire , but fuch as was ftruck forth with a flint , was pure enough for fo holy a purpose . Sometimes these rural altars . are conftructed in a more magnificent ...
Page 157
... failed over the vast ocean . The fame author contends , that the image of Jupiter Hammon , whofe Libyan temple , according to Herodotus , took its rife from Phoenicia , was nothing more than a magnet , which was carried about by the ...
... failed over the vast ocean . The fame author contends , that the image of Jupiter Hammon , whofe Libyan temple , according to Herodotus , took its rife from Phoenicia , was nothing more than a magnet , which was carried about by the ...
Page 192
... fail of impreffing the mind , that seriously reflects on all the proofs of their wisdom previously enumerated , that they were fo far advanced in aftronomy as to have known the elliptical courfes defcribed , in their revolution , by the ...
... fail of impreffing the mind , that seriously reflects on all the proofs of their wisdom previously enumerated , that they were fo far advanced in aftronomy as to have known the elliptical courfes defcribed , in their revolution , by the ...
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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