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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... formed their grand temple at Abury , and not only that but other confpicuous DRACONTIA , in Britain : all these circumftances enumerated , and fully difcuffed in the courfe of the Differtation alluded to , are to myself abundant ...
... formed their grand temple at Abury , and not only that but other confpicuous DRACONTIA , in Britain : all these circumftances enumerated , and fully difcuffed in the courfe of the Differtation alluded to , are to myself abundant ...
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... formed into a fyftem at Babylon 1903 years before its capture by Alexander , had extenfively introduced into the theological rites of Afia the fplendid Sabian fuperftition , or worship of the hoft of Heaven . That the Britifh ifles were ...
... formed into a fyftem at Babylon 1903 years before its capture by Alexander , had extenfively introduced into the theological rites of Afia the fplendid Sabian fuperftition , or worship of the hoft of Heaven . That the Britifh ifles were ...
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... formed the first order of nobility in Britain ; when we recollect the profound reverence of both for the white horfe of facrifice and the facred fteer , that were never to bear harness or yoke ; their devotion to vaft pyramidal heaps of ...
... formed the first order of nobility in Britain ; when we recollect the profound reverence of both for the white horfe of facrifice and the facred fteer , that were never to bear harness or yoke ; their devotion to vaft pyramidal heaps of ...
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... formed the bafis equally of the Brahmin and the Druid codes of theo- logy . That they also believed in the doctrine of the defection of the human foul from a state of original rectitude , its regeneration by penance , and and final ...
... formed the bafis equally of the Brahmin and the Druid codes of theo- logy . That they also believed in the doctrine of the defection of the human foul from a state of original rectitude , its regeneration by penance , and and final ...
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... formation of every religious inftitution . As to the fecond ; their conviction of the immortality of the foul is proved , not only by their general belief in its tranfmigration , but in the eagerness , and often the criminal eagerness ...
... formation of every religious inftitution . As to the fecond ; their conviction of the immortality of the foul is proved , not only by their general belief in its tranfmigration , but in the eagerness , and often the criminal eagerness ...
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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