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 38
... the Druids in their caverns should have learned to talk Greek , it is fafer to derive it , as before intimated , from DRU , or DERU , an old Celtic word of the fame fame fignification , whence , it is likely , the [ 38 ]
... the Druids in their caverns should have learned to talk Greek , it is fafer to derive it , as before intimated , from DRU , or DERU , an old Celtic word of the fame fame fignification , whence , it is likely , the [ 38 ]
Page 74
... should feem , therefore , that the religion of the East and the old religion of Britain had a ftrong affinity . " * Mr. Finch , too , fpeaking of the great Meydan or fquare of Surat , defcribes what he calls a tall May - pole in the ...
... should feem , therefore , that the religion of the East and the old religion of Britain had a ftrong affinity . " * Mr. Finch , too , fpeaking of the great Meydan or fquare of Surat , defcribes what he calls a tall May - pole in the ...
Page 75
... should be attended to , all the temples to the Sun , the Moon , and the other planets , were built in a circular manner , because those orbs perpetually revolve in vast circles . Now Diodorus Siculus informs us that there was an island ...
... should be attended to , all the temples to the Sun , the Moon , and the other planets , were built in a circular manner , because those orbs perpetually revolve in vast circles . Now Diodorus Siculus informs us that there was an island ...
Page 147
... should seem that the northern temple had the pre - eminence , and was the more facred of the two : for , as the cove was the adytum of that temple , fo the whole northern temple may be efteemed as the adytum of the whole work , the ...
... should seem that the northern temple had the pre - eminence , and was the more facred of the two : for , as the cove was the adytum of that temple , fo the whole northern temple may be efteemed as the adytum of the whole work , the ...
Page 149
... should exactly correspond with north- eaft . The diameter of the great circle of the great ftones at Abury , on which the north and fouth temples are built , was defigned to have been fet on the line from north - weft to fouth - eaft ...
... should exactly correspond with north- eaft . The diameter of the great circle of the great ftones at Abury , on which the north and fouth temples are built , was defigned to have been fet on the line from north - weft to fouth - eaft ...
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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