 | Books and bookselling - 1780 - 550 pages
...h?.s ever been efleemed the nurfe of fciences, the inrentrefs of delightful and ufeful arts, the fcene of glorious actions, fertile in the productions of...genius, abounding in natural wonders, and infinitely diverfified in the forms of religion and govemment, in the laws, manners, cuftoms, and languages, as... | |
 | William Belsham - Great Britain - 1801 - 428 pages
...inexpressible pleasure to find myself in a noble amphitheatre, almost encircled by the vast regions of Asia, the nurse of sciences, the inventress of delightful and useful arts, the scene of glorious actions, abounding in natural wonders, and infinitely diversified in the forms of religion and government. I... | |
 | John Shore Baron Teignmouth - 1807 - 488 pages
...has ever been efteemed the nurfe of fciences, the inventrefs of delightful and ufeful arts, the fcene of glorious actions, fertile in the productions of...genius, abounding in natural wonders, and infinitely diverfified in the forms of religion and government, in the laws, manners, cuftoms, and languages,... | |
 | Sir William Jones - 1807 - 480 pages
...has ever been efteemed the nurfe of fciences, the inventrefs of delightful and ufeful arts, the fcene of glorious actions, fertile in the productions of...genius, abounding in natural wonders, and infinitely diverfified in the forms of religion and government, in the laws, manners, cuftoms, and languages,... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...fictions of this eastern world. It gave me inexpressible pleasure to find myself in the midst of a noble amphitheatre, almost encircled by the vast regions...of Asia, which has ever been esteemed the nurse of science, the inventress of delightful and useful arts, the scene of glorious actions, fertile in the... | |
 | John Benjamin Seely - Ellora (India) - 1825 - 650 pages
...Such a people, such a country, and such works deserve the opinion of that great and learned man. " Encircled by the vast regions of Asia, which has ever been esteemed the nurse of science, the inventress of delightful and useful arts, the scene of glorious actions, fertile in the... | |
 | James Forbes - India - 1834 - 586 pages
...the eventful histories and agreeable fictions of the eastern world. It gave me inexpressible pleasure to find myself in the midst of so noble an amphitheatre,...of Asia, which has ever been esteemed the nurse of science, the inventress of delightful and useful arts, the scene of glorious actions, fertile in the... | |
 | Great Britain - 1882 - 1038 pages
...eventful histories and agreeable fictions of this Eastern world. It gave me inexpressible pleasure to find myself in the midst of so noble an amphitheatre,...actions, fertile in the productions of human genius, and infinitely diversified in the forms of religion and government, in the laws, manners, customs,... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - India - 1883 - 448 pages
...eventful histories and agreeable fictions of this Eastern world. It gave me inexpressible pleasure to find myself in the midst of so noble an amphitheatre,...actions, fertile in the productions of human genius, and infinitely diversified in the forms of religion and government, in the laws, manners, customs,... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - India - 1883 - 392 pages
...eventful histories and agreeable fictions of this Eastern world. It gave me inexpressible pleasure to find myself in the midst of so noble an amphitheatre,...actions, fertile in the productions of human genius, and infinitely diversified in the forms of religion and government, in the laws, manners, ctistoms,... | |
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It gave me inexpressible pleasure to find myself in the midst of so noble an amphitheatre, almost encircled by the vast regions of Asia, which has ever been esteemed the nurse of sciences, the inventress of delightful and useful arts... 
