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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... island so celebrated in antiquity , I mean the TIN of the Cornifh mines - a measure which reflects fach honour both on the patriotism and wisdom of the Directors , and is of fuch material confequence , at this momentous cri- fis , by ...
... island so celebrated in antiquity , I mean the TIN of the Cornifh mines - a measure which reflects fach honour both on the patriotism and wisdom of the Directors , and is of fuch material confequence , at this momentous cri- fis , by ...
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... THE DRUIDS ; AND ON THE STRIKING AFFINITY WHICH THE RELIGIOUS RITES AND CEREMONIES , ANCIENTLY PRACTISED IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS , BORE TO THOSE OF THE BRAHMINS . VOL . VI . B A DISSERTATION , & c . RTATIO SECTION I. The A ...
... THE DRUIDS ; AND ON THE STRIKING AFFINITY WHICH THE RELIGIOUS RITES AND CEREMONIES , ANCIENTLY PRACTISED IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS , BORE TO THOSE OF THE BRAHMINS . VOL . VI . B A DISSERTATION , & c . RTATIO SECTION I. The A ...
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... island of Sinhala , or Lion - like men , at its fouthern extremity . * If the period above - mentioned , remote as it is , fhould not be thought fufficiently diftant in the annals of time for the first migration of the Afiatic colonies ...
... island of Sinhala , or Lion - like men , at its fouthern extremity . * If the period above - mentioned , remote as it is , fhould not be thought fufficiently diftant in the annals of time for the first migration of the Afiatic colonies ...
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... islands of the Macares , the groves of Elyfium , if not of Eden , the heaven of INDRA , the Periftan , or fairy - land , of the Persian poets , with its city of diamonds and its country of Shadcam , fo named from Pleasure and Love , not ...
... islands of the Macares , the groves of Elyfium , if not of Eden , the heaven of INDRA , the Periftan , or fairy - land , of the Persian poets , with its city of diamonds and its country of Shadcam , fo named from Pleasure and Love , not ...
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... islands , a fubject concerning which two very celebrated writers , Camden and Bochart , have advanced very oppofite opinions . Op- pofite , however , as these opinions apparently are , they may both have for their support a certain ...
... islands , a fubject concerning which two very celebrated writers , Camden and Bochart , have advanced very oppofite opinions . Op- pofite , however , as these opinions apparently are , they may both have for their support a certain ...
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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