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 vii
... carried on , prior to the Chriftian æra , with India on the one hand , and Britain on the other , for their confideration in this volume . It was not my intention , indeed , in these Refearches , A 4 A Researches , to have defcended to ...
... carried on , prior to the Chriftian æra , with India on the one hand , and Britain on the other , for their confideration in this volume . It was not my intention , indeed , in these Refearches , A 4 A Researches , to have defcended to ...
Page 20
... carry conviction . of their primæval derivation . For inftance , who can doubt of the British word BooтH , а cottage , being derived from the Hebrew BETH , Francifcus Junius Præfat . Grammat . p . 19 . + See Rowland's Mona Antiqua , p ...
... carry conviction . of their primæval derivation . For inftance , who can doubt of the British word BooтH , а cottage , being derived from the Hebrew BETH , Francifcus Junius Præfat . Grammat . p . 19 . + See Rowland's Mona Antiqua , p ...
Page 54
... carry the joke here so far , as to fend letters making appointments , in the name of perfons , who , it is known , must be absent from their houfe at the time fixed upon ; and the laugh is always in proportion to the trouble given ...
... carry the joke here so far , as to fend letters making appointments , in the name of perfons , who , it is known , must be absent from their houfe at the time fixed upon ; and the laugh is always in proportion to the trouble given ...
Page 58
... carried on be- tween the Venetians and India , feems to have been the principal amufement . " The Nauruz , in India , is kept in imita- tion of the Perfian festival of that name ; and is celebrated after the following manner . A throne ...
... carried on be- tween the Venetians and India , feems to have been the principal amufement . " The Nauruz , in India , is kept in imita- tion of the Perfian festival of that name ; and is celebrated after the following manner . A throne ...
Page 60
... carried about them , and eight or ten elephants waiting on each of them , clothed in gold , filk , and fil- ver . In this manner about twelve companies paffed by most richly adorned , the first having all the plates on his head and ...
... carried about them , and eight or ten elephants waiting on each of them , clothed in gold , filk , and fil- ver . In this manner about twelve companies paffed by most richly adorned , the first having all the plates on his head and ...
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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