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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... observe , that the very name of their great ancestor , varioufly changed into Coma- rian , Cimmerian , Cymbrian , or Cumbrian , is to be traced wherefoever that colony paffed , along the whole line of their descent from the regions of ...
... observe , that the very name of their great ancestor , varioufly changed into Coma- rian , Cimmerian , Cymbrian , or Cumbrian , is to be traced wherefoever that colony paffed , along the whole line of their descent from the regions of ...
Page 52
... OBSERVED IN INDIA AND BRITAIN . THE firft of April was anciently obferved in Britain as a high and general festival , in which an unbounded hilarity reigned through every order of its inhabitants ; for the fun at that period of the year ...
... OBSERVED IN INDIA AND BRITAIN . THE firft of April was anciently obferved in Britain as a high and general festival , in which an unbounded hilarity reigned through every order of its inhabitants ; for the fun at that period of the year ...
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... observed , in that country , under the title of NAURAS , a word which means , the first day of the year ; and in the " Ambaffador's Travels , " the writer acquaints us , that some of their body being deputed to congratulate the Shah ...
... observed , in that country , under the title of NAURAS , a word which means , the first day of the year ; and in the " Ambaffador's Travels , " the writer acquaints us , that some of their body being deputed to congratulate the Shah ...
Page 66
... observed , was the ram . Mr. Volney , with that determined spirit of fcepticism which diftinguishes his writings , contends , that the feast of the Jewifh paffover , when the pafchal lamb was facrificed , derived its real origin , not ...
... observed , was the ram . Mr. Volney , with that determined spirit of fcepticism which diftinguishes his writings , contends , that the feast of the Jewifh paffover , when the pafchal lamb was facrificed , derived its real origin , not ...
Page 75
... observed from Vitruvius , that , in conformity to a notion of the an- cients , when erecting temples to the pagan deities , that the properties and functions of the object adored should be attended to , all the temples to the Sun , the ...
... observed from Vitruvius , that , in conformity to a notion of the an- cients , when erecting temples to the pagan deities , that the properties and functions of the object adored should be attended to , all the temples to the Sun , the ...
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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