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, 1794 - India |
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Page 788
... dreadful fanguinary facrifices of which both the Peruvians and Mexicans are enor- moufly guilty , and I fhall here infert it , as forming a striking and gloomy fimilitude to the bloody facrifices of the old Scythians and Indians ...
... dreadful fanguinary facrifices of which both the Peruvians and Mexicans are enor- moufly guilty , and I fhall here infert it , as forming a striking and gloomy fimilitude to the bloody facrifices of the old Scythians and Indians ...
Page 858
... : men , accustomed to fuch gloomy objects , view religion and every other object through a falfe medium ; the Deity is invefted with the darkness which enwraps his works : works they fee him only in his dreadful at- tributes [ 858 ]
... : men , accustomed to fuch gloomy objects , view religion and every other object through a falfe medium ; the Deity is invefted with the darkness which enwraps his works : works they fee him only in his dreadful at- tributes [ 858 ]
Page 859
... dreadful at- tributes , they perpetually hear his awful voice in the thunder , and contemplate him only in the ftorm that howls above them . They haften , therefore , to propitiate him by unex- ampled feverities , and they deluge his ...
... dreadful at- tributes , they perpetually hear his awful voice in the thunder , and contemplate him only in the ftorm that howls above them . They haften , therefore , to propitiate him by unex- ampled feverities , and they deluge his ...
Page 872
... that is , the defcendants of SHEM and HAM , perifhed , in fuch a dreadful and promifcuous carnage ; that this happy , this fecluded , and increafing , colony , flourished for for a long fucceffion of ages in primitive hap- piness [ 872 ]
... that is , the defcendants of SHEM and HAM , perifhed , in fuch a dreadful and promifcuous carnage ; that this happy , this fecluded , and increafing , colony , flourished for for a long fucceffion of ages in primitive hap- piness [ 872 ]
Page 903
... and burning taper ; and the thrilling found of the dreadful paffing bell , which not only warns the devout Chriftian to pray for the departing foul of his brother , and to prepare Mm m to to meet his own doom , but drives away , [ 903 ]
... and burning taper ; and the thrilling found of the dreadful paffing bell , which not only warns the devout Chriftian to pray for the departing foul of his brother , and to prepare Mm m to to meet his own doom , but drives away , [ 903 ]
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affertion Afia Afiatic alfo Almai alſo altar amidſt ancient antiquity Apuleius Arrian aſtoniſhment Ayeen Akbery Brahma brahmins ceremony Chineſe Chriſtian confecrated confidered cuſtom dæmons dance darkneſs defcended deity deſcribed devotion divine doctrine dreadful earth Egypt eſtabliſhed exiſtence facred facrifice fame fays fecond fect feſtivals feven fevere fhall fhould fince fire firft firſt folemn fome fometimes foul fpirits ftate ftone fubject fuch fufferings fuperftition fymbol heaven herſelf himſelf Hindoo hiſtory idol India Indian inftance inveſtigation itſelf laſt leaſt leſs Lingam Mithra moſt muſt myfteries obferved occafion paffage paffed paffions pagoda Parmenides penance penitents Perfia perfons Pfyche philofopher Plato poffible Pooja Porphyry prefent prieſts purpoſe Pythagoras reader reaſon repreſented reſpect rites Sabian Saniaffi ſcarcely Seeva ſeveral ſhall ſhe Sir William Jones ſome ſtate ſtill ſyſtem temple thefe themſelves theology theſe thofe thoſe thouſand throne tion tolahs univerfal uſe vafe vaſt Veefhnu whofe whoſe worſhip Yogee