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 and Profound Literature of Hindostan : Compared, Throughout, with the Religion, Laws, Government, and Literature, of Persia, Egypt and Greece...H. L.Galabin, 1801 |
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Page 74
... says , the Hindoos make their paf- time on the great festival - days . To fatisfy ourselves that the race who erect- ed the ftupendous circular temple of STONE- HENGE were a tribe of Brachmans , of the fect of ВOODн , we have only to ...
... says , the Hindoos make their paf- time on the great festival - days . To fatisfy ourselves that the race who erect- ed the ftupendous circular temple of STONE- HENGE were a tribe of Brachmans , of the fect of ВOODн , we have only to ...
Page 75
... says one of the best , but not the pureft writer of mythology in the prefent age , " in the language of the Greeks of that day , can be meant no other perfonage than the SUN ; " and he thinks the island can be no other than Bri- tain ...
... says one of the best , but not the pureft writer of mythology in the prefent age , " in the language of the Greeks of that day , can be meant no other perfonage than the SUN ; " and he thinks the island can be no other than Bri- tain ...
Page 168
... say there is hardly any confiderable group of rocks in thefe western parts which has not more or lefs of them . There are two forts of them ; fome have lips or channels to them , others have none . The fhape of them is not uni- form ...
... say there is hardly any confiderable group of rocks in thefe western parts which has not more or lefs of them . There are two forts of them ; fome have lips or channels to them , others have none . The fhape of them is not uni- form ...
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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 cuſtom dæmon defcribed deity diftant Diodorus Diodorus Siculus Druids Eaft Egypt Egyptians erected eſtabliſhed extenfive facred fame fays feems feftival fent ferpent ferved fhall fhips fhore fhould filk filver fince firft firſt fituated flouriſhed folar fome formed fpecies ftate ftill ftones fubject fuch fuperftition fuppofed fymbol Gaul gold Greeks Gulph Hercules Herodotus hiftory immenfe India inftance iſland itſelf leaſt lefs leſs metal moft moſt muft muſt nation navigation neceffary northern obferved old Britons paffage paffed Perfian period Phoenicians Pliny prefent prieſts purpoſe race regions Reſearches reſpect rites Sabian ſcience Scythian ſpecies ſtate ſtill ſtone Stonehenge Strabo Stukeley temple thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion Tyre uſed vafes vaft veffels weft weſtern whofe whoſe worſhip