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 31
... ship , in which the ancient Indians were im- merfed . I have fhewn that they delighted in the deep fhade of trees of gigantic growth ; rocks of immense magnitude ; caverns of the profoundest depth ; altars eternally fmoaking with the ...
... ship , in which the ancient Indians were im- merfed . I have fhewn that they delighted in the deep fhade of trees of gigantic growth ; rocks of immense magnitude ; caverns of the profoundest depth ; altars eternally fmoaking with the ...
Page 201
... CONTINENT : THE WHOLE CONFIRMED BY EXTRACTS FROM THE INSTITUTES OF MENU , AND INTERSPERSED WITH STRICTURES ON THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION AND SHIP BUILDING IN THE EAST . A DISSERTATION , & c . GENERAL ARGUMENT . The A ...
... CONTINENT : THE WHOLE CONFIRMED BY EXTRACTS FROM THE INSTITUTES OF MENU , AND INTERSPERSED WITH STRICTURES ON THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION AND SHIP BUILDING IN THE EAST . A DISSERTATION , & c . GENERAL ARGUMENT . The A ...
Page 204
... Ship- Building in Afia . IS SHALL commence this Differtation and the obfervations which I have to offer relative to the ancient commerce carried on between the natives of this ifland and those of Afia , but more particularly the ...
... Ship- Building in Afia . IS SHALL commence this Differtation and the obfervations which I have to offer relative to the ancient commerce carried on between the natives of this ifland and those of Afia , but more particularly the ...
Page 250
... ships of the Company ; and it is remarkable , that it was imported after the very fame manner as the tin of Cornwall is now exported to that country , as the ballaft of those ships . This is judiciously restoring commerce to the fimple ...
... ships of the Company ; and it is remarkable , that it was imported after the very fame manner as the tin of Cornwall is now exported to that country , as the ballaft of those ships . This is judiciously restoring commerce to the fimple ...
Page 307
... SHIP - BUILDING , WITH STRICTURES ON THE FORM AND EQUIPMENT OF THE ANCIENT VESSELS . I HAVE already observed , that the great rivers of India , as well as the vaft number of them , interfecting the country as they do in every poffible ...
... SHIP - BUILDING , WITH STRICTURES ON THE FORM AND EQUIPMENT OF THE ANCIENT VESSELS . I HAVE already observed , that the great rivers of India , as well as the vaft number of them , interfecting the country as they do in every poffible ...
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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