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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... have prefented themselves to various fancies , the great hive of the northern fwarms , the nursery of irresisti- ble legions , and , by a ftronger metaphor , the foundery A 1 foundery of the human race ; but M. BAILLI [ 9 ]
... have prefented themselves to various fancies , the great hive of the northern fwarms , the nursery of irresisti- ble legions , and , by a ftronger metaphor , the foundery A 1 foundery of the human race ; but M. BAILLI [ 9 ]
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... themselves . While the progeny of Shem gradually diffufed themselves thence over the warm fouthern regions of Afia , and one mighty branch of the family of Ham emigrated to Africa , the defcendants of Ja- phet directed their courfe ...
... themselves . While the progeny of Shem gradually diffufed themselves thence over the warm fouthern regions of Afia , and one mighty branch of the family of Ham emigrated to Africa , the defcendants of Ja- phet directed their courfe ...
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... themselves from the banks of the Danube to the pillars of Hercules ; that is , of their first conductor , whofoever he was , to the celebrated Straits , thus denominated . The exact period in which the Scythian Nomades began thus to ...
... themselves from the banks of the Danube to the pillars of Hercules ; that is , of their first conductor , whofoever he was , to the celebrated Straits , thus denominated . The exact period in which the Scythian Nomades began thus to ...
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... themselves through Europe , is not only evident from the most authentic hif- tory of those tribes extant , but from the very ftrong affinity in manners , language , and re- ligious rites , exifting between that northern nation and the ...
... themselves through Europe , is not only evident from the most authentic hif- tory of those tribes extant , but from the very ftrong affinity in manners , language , and re- ligious rites , exifting between that northern nation and the ...
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... themselves , go . far towards proving these af- fertions concerning their identity , and their having originated from one common stock . A celebrated grammarian has remarked , Nec modo Indicam , Perficam , Syram , Arabicam , Hebræ ...
... themselves , go . far towards proving these af- fertions concerning their identity , and their having originated from one common stock . A celebrated grammarian has remarked , Nec modo Indicam , Perficam , Syram , Arabicam , Hebræ ...
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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