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 32
... astronomical fpe- culations and phyfical researches . In addition to these confiderations , when we advert to the univerfal veneration for ferpents in India , fo congenial with the fuperftitious reverence en- tertained by the Druids for ...
... astronomical fpe- culations and phyfical researches . In addition to these confiderations , when we advert to the univerfal veneration for ferpents in India , fo congenial with the fuperftitious reverence en- tertained by the Druids for ...
Page 78
... astronomical priests , which imitated the motion of the fun and planets , in their respective orbits . This dance was divided into three parts , the ftrophe , the antistrophe , and that which was called Stationary , or flow and scarcely ...
... astronomical priests , which imitated the motion of the fun and planets , in their respective orbits . This dance was divided into three parts , the ftrophe , the antistrophe , and that which was called Stationary , or flow and scarcely ...
Page 133
... astronomical cycles ; or rather , as a very ingenious friend of mine , Mr. Frere , one of the authors of that extra- ordinary production of juvenile genius , the Eton Microcofm , judiciously intimated to me , on mentioning the fingular ...
... astronomical cycles ; or rather , as a very ingenious friend of mine , Mr. Frere , one of the authors of that extra- ordinary production of juvenile genius , the Eton Microcofm , judiciously intimated to me , on mentioning the fingular ...
Page 178
... astronomical calculations were recorded , is evident ; but various caufes may be easily conceived as operating either to their being left behind , or their deftruction in the course of a tedious and perilous mi- gration ; and , living ...
... astronomical calculations were recorded , is evident ; but various caufes may be easily conceived as operating either to their being left behind , or their deftruction in the course of a tedious and perilous mi- gration ; and , living ...
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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