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 773
... thousand perverfions , the GREAT TRUTH contended for beams forth with more or lefs fplendor in eve- ry country of the ancient world , and darts conviction upon the mind not prejudiced a- gainst the reception of it by the suggestions of ...
... thousand perverfions , the GREAT TRUTH contended for beams forth with more or lefs fplendor in eve- ry country of the ancient world , and darts conviction upon the mind not prejudiced a- gainst the reception of it by the suggestions of ...
Page 794
... thousand years in regular fucceffion from the great FонI , whoever he was , made it the proudest • See Shuckford's Connexions , vol . i . p.33 , and Sir Wal- ter Raleigh's Hiftory of the World , p . 54. The fubject is ex- tenfively ...
... thousand years in regular fucceffion from the great FонI , whoever he was , made it the proudest • See Shuckford's Connexions , vol . i . p.33 , and Sir Wal- ter Raleigh's Hiftory of the World , p . 54. The fubject is ex- tenfively ...
Page 801
... thousand years , which he obferves are faid to have intervened between the reign of the first and fecond emperors of China , by being confidered as centuries . only , ( for which interpretation of the word thousand some learned ...
... thousand years , which he obferves are faid to have intervened between the reign of the first and fecond emperors of China , by being confidered as centuries . only , ( for which interpretation of the word thousand some learned ...
Page 806
... thousand centuries from all connection with the reft of the world , whence arifes an impoffibility that thofe archives fhould be adulterated , in this as well as in many other inftances which it will fall to my province to point out ...
... thousand centuries from all connection with the reft of the world , whence arifes an impoffibility that thofe archives fhould be adulterated , in this as well as in many other inftances which it will fall to my province to point out ...
Page 831
... thousand years . They divided the ages , during which it was to con- tinue in the following manner . Two thou- fand years were to elapfe before the law took place ; two thousand were to be paffed under the law ; and two thousand under ...
... thousand years . They divided the ages , during which it was to con- tinue in the following manner . Two thou- fand years were to elapfe before the law took place ; two thousand were to be paffed under the law ; and two thousand under ...
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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