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 810
... less a chapter of such a volume , would be fufficient to contain the refult of the inquiry . Renewed health , returning leifure , and a fomewhat better income than what arifes from a small curacy , may enable me , hereafter , to finish ...
... less a chapter of such a volume , would be fufficient to contain the refult of the inquiry . Renewed health , returning leifure , and a fomewhat better income than what arifes from a small curacy , may enable me , hereafter , to finish ...
Page 815
... less indignities which his patrons and instruc- tors underwent from that fubverter of king- doms and enemy of science . Pythagoras himself was taken prifoner , and fent with other captives to Babylon . The Chaldæan Magi however , at ...
... less indignities which his patrons and instruc- tors underwent from that fubverter of king- doms and enemy of science . Pythagoras himself was taken prifoner , and fent with other captives to Babylon . The Chaldæan Magi however , at ...
Page 824
... less than three times , he complained that John had transferred into his gofpel the mysterious ex- preffion of his master , exclaiming , " By Jupi- ter , this barbarian agrees in fentiment with our Plato , and , like him , conftitutes ...
... less than three times , he complained that John had transferred into his gofpel the mysterious ex- preffion of his master , exclaiming , " By Jupi- ter , this barbarian agrees in fentiment with our Plato , and , like him , conftitutes ...
Page 834
... less fanguinary ; for , in one battle , nearly two hundred thousand combatants with their leader are to perifh . At length the great arch - angel Michael is to blow three times the trumpet of heaven : and then the defire of nations ...
... less fanguinary ; for , in one battle , nearly two hundred thousand combatants with their leader are to perifh . At length the great arch - angel Michael is to blow three times the trumpet of heaven : and then the defire of nations ...
Page 849
... less than the fubterraneous caverns before - described , from having only one low door for the entrance , and filled with the most disgufting effluvia , arifing from the stench of lamps kept conti- nually burning , and the oil ufed in ...
... less than the fubterraneous caverns before - described , from having only one low door for the entrance , and filled with the most disgufting effluvia , arifing from the stench of lamps kept conti- nually burning , and the oil ufed in ...
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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