The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 35Tobias Smollett R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row, 1802 - Books |
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Page 131
... Inscriptions , as well as in many other literary dissertations . Of the latter , the works of what are called the French philosophers afford abundant exam¬ ples . In the first class , the subjects generally only interest a few curious ...
... Inscriptions , as well as in many other literary dissertations . Of the latter , the works of what are called the French philosophers afford abundant exam¬ ples . In the first class , the subjects generally only interest a few curious ...
Page 153
... inscriptions ; notwithstanding they describe the size of the bricks that contain them , and the cement with which these bricks were joined , to form the stupendous tower of its founder , Nimrod . The first person who appears to have ...
... inscriptions ; notwithstanding they describe the size of the bricks that contain them , and the cement with which these bricks were joined , to form the stupendous tower of its founder , Nimrod . The first person who appears to have ...
Page 154
... inscriptions , it is not less obvious that the same principle of interpretation will not equally apply . The Persepolitan characters have been by some believed to be talismanic ; whilst others have maintained them to be legends of the ...
... inscriptions , it is not less obvious that the same principle of interpretation will not equally apply . The Persepolitan characters have been by some believed to be talismanic ; whilst others have maintained them to be legends of the ...
Page 155
... it was built by Semiramis , or , as it is the common opinion , by Bel , whose court is still shown ; and Ammianus Marcellinus , reconciling both opinions , relates , that M 2 Hager on Babylonian Inscriptions . · 155- ' ...
... it was built by Semiramis , or , as it is the common opinion , by Bel , whose court is still shown ; and Ammianus Marcellinus , reconciling both opinions , relates , that M 2 Hager on Babylonian Inscriptions . · 155- ' ...
Page 156
... Rabbins ; but balal ,, to confound , being one of those verbs which double the second radi . cal , confusion ought literally to be called Mebilah , Mylap , or Tebilab , n , and not Babel , which word 156 Hager on Babylonian Inscriptions .
... Rabbins ; but balal ,, to confound , being one of those verbs which double the second radi . cal , confusion ought literally to be called Mebilah , Mylap , or Tebilab , n , and not Babel , which word 156 Hager on Babylonian Inscriptions .
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