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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... 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 retaining fo ...
... 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 retaining fo ...
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... celebrated Straits , thus denominated . The exact period in which the Scythian Nomades began thus to move forward from the mountains to the north of Perfia and India , it is scarcely poffible to af- certain with precision , but we may ...
... celebrated Straits , thus denominated . The exact period in which the Scythian Nomades began thus to move forward from the mountains to the north of Perfia and India , it is scarcely poffible to af- certain with precision , but we may ...
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... celebrated grammarian has remarked , Nec modo Indicam , Perficam , Syram , Arabicam , Hebræ junctiffimas linguas ; fed et Gothicam , feu Celticam , linguam ; * and Rowland , in his Mona , afferts , that no less than three hun- dred ...
... celebrated grammarian has remarked , Nec modo Indicam , Perficam , Syram , Arabicam , Hebræ junctiffimas linguas ; fed et Gothicam , feu Celticam , linguam ; * and Rowland , in his Mona , afferts , that no less than three hun- dred ...
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... celebrated Menu , who , after the flood , repeopled the renovated world . In fact , the name and hiftory of Noah and of his three fons are precifely the fame in the San- fcreet as the Hebrew Bible . In the ancient geographical records ...
... celebrated Menu , who , after the flood , repeopled the renovated world . In fact , the name and hiftory of Noah and of his three fons are precifely the fame in the San- fcreet as the Hebrew Bible . In the ancient geographical records ...
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... 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 degree of truth . Camden contends , that Britain ...
... 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 degree of truth . Camden contends , that Britain ...
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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