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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... flourishing among them are clear- ly to be traced , notwithstanding the boasted * See the very elegant and learned preface to that Grammar , P. 5 : B 4 discoveries difcoveries of fome eminent modern antiqua- ries . Among these 7] ...
... flourishing among them are clear- ly to be traced , notwithstanding the boasted * See the very elegant and learned preface to that Grammar , P. 5 : B 4 discoveries difcoveries of fome eminent modern antiqua- ries . Among these 7] ...
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... learned primi- tive , but long - extinct , race of Scythian philo- fophers , for whofe existence neither hiftory nor tradition , but certain fanciful conjectures of the author , are alone brought in evidence , M. Bailli fupposes to have ...
... learned primi- tive , but long - extinct , race of Scythian philo- fophers , for whofe existence neither hiftory nor tradition , but certain fanciful conjectures of the author , are alone brought in evidence , M. Bailli fupposes to have ...
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... learned to despise his own . He was unquestionably a man of a found understanding and fine parts ; and among the lively fayings which gained him the reputation of a wit even in Greece , it is related by DIOGENES LAERTIUS , that when an ...
... learned to despise his own . He was unquestionably a man of a found understanding and fine parts ; and among the lively fayings which gained him the reputation of a wit even in Greece , it is related by DIOGENES LAERTIUS , that when an ...
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... been like an incurable distemper , and their minds clouded with ignorance . Thus alfo the Mancheu monarchs of China have been patrons of the learned and ingeni- ous ; 1 ous ; and the Emperor TIENLONG is , if he [ 13 ]
... been like an incurable distemper , and their minds clouded with ignorance . Thus alfo the Mancheu monarchs of China have been patrons of the learned and ingeni- ous ; 1 ous ; and the Emperor TIENLONG is , if he [ 13 ]
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... learned Indians were anci- ently established , particularly at Naugracut and Cashmere ; in which latter region it is fuppofed very confiderable treasures of anci- ent Sanfcreet literature are depofited , which have not yet been examined ...
... learned Indians were anci- ently established , particularly at Naugracut and Cashmere ; in which latter region it is fuppofed very confiderable treasures of anci- ent Sanfcreet literature are depofited , which have not yet been examined ...
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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