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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... less by a race of men , whom they ever confidered as barbarians , and inhabiting what they thought the extremeties of the world . From these positive and dogmatical affertions of Bailli , let us attend a better judge of the matter , Sir ...
... less by a race of men , whom they ever confidered as barbarians , and inhabiting what they thought the extremeties of the world . From these positive and dogmatical affertions of Bailli , let us attend a better judge of the matter , Sir ...
Page 13
... less that they in- ftructed - the world ; nor have we any ftronger reafon to conclude , from their general man- ners and character , that they had made an early proficiency in arts and feiences : even of poetry , the most universal and ...
... less that they in- ftructed - the world ; nor have we any ftronger reafon to conclude , from their general man- ners and character , that they had made an early proficiency in arts and feiences : even of poetry , the most universal and ...
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... less than the mighty Appenines of the continent , pro- claim this truth ; and the Alps and Albion alike prove themselves to be thus denominated from the Celtic Alp , or Alb , fignifying white , in allufion to the eternal fnows on the ...
... less than the mighty Appenines of the continent , pro- claim this truth ; and the Alps and Albion alike prove themselves to be thus denominated from the Celtic Alp , or Alb , fignifying white , in allufion to the eternal fnows on the ...
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... less than three hun- dred Hebrew radices are to be found in the British tongue alone . From his lift I fhall felect a few only which muft carry conviction . of their primæval derivation . For inftance , who can doubt of the British word ...
... less than three hun- dred Hebrew radices are to be found in the British tongue alone . From his lift I fhall felect a few only which muft carry conviction . of their primæval derivation . For inftance , who can doubt of the British word ...
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... gree of the fign Aries . There is , alfo , another annual feftival , ce- lebrated on the fame day in both countries , which opens a not less extensive and curious F 2 field field for inquiry ; and as the investigation will lead [ 67 ]
... gree of the fign Aries . There is , alfo , another annual feftival , ce- lebrated on the fame day in both countries , which opens a not less extensive and curious F 2 field field for inquiry ; and as the investigation will lead [ 67 ]
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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