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Page ix
... Hindus . it first appeared in a note , annexed , by Sir William Jones , to an Essay on Egypt and the Nile , in the 3d vol ... Hindu , who assisted his investigations ; that the Purana , in which he actually and carefully read the passage ...
... Hindus . it first appeared in a note , annexed , by Sir William Jones , to an Essay on Egypt and the Nile , in the 3d vol ... Hindu , who assisted his investigations ; that the Purana , in which he actually and carefully read the passage ...
Page 49
... Hindus , com- posed some years afterwards in India , ( Works , vol . i . page 445. ) he thus expresses himself on the subject : " It has been made a question whether " the poems of Hafez must be taken in a literal or figurative sense ...
... Hindus , com- posed some years afterwards in India , ( Works , vol . i . page 445. ) he thus expresses himself on the subject : " It has been made a question whether " the poems of Hafez must be taken in a literal or figurative sense ...
Page 234
... Hindus and Mahommedans . 2. The History of the Ancient World . 3. Proofs and Illustrations of Scripture . 4. Traditions concerning the Deluge , & c . 5. Modern Politics and Geography of Hindustan . 6. Best Mode of governing Bengal . 7 ...
... Hindus and Mahommedans . 2. The History of the Ancient World . 3. Proofs and Illustrations of Scripture . 4. Traditions concerning the Deluge , & c . 5. Modern Politics and Geography of Hindustan . 6. Best Mode of governing Bengal . 7 ...
Page 235
... Hindu Gods . Model .... Homer . 4. Speeches , Political and Forensic . Model .... Demosthenes . 5. Dialogues , Philosophical and Historical . Model .... Plato . Model .... Demosthenes and Plato . 6. Letters . 12th July , 1783 ...
... Hindu Gods . Model .... Homer . 4. Speeches , Political and Forensic . Model .... Demosthenes . 5. Dialogues , Philosophical and Historical . Model .... Plato . Model .... Demosthenes and Plato . 6. Letters . 12th July , 1783 ...
Page 244
... renounced ; and , notwithstanding occasional marks of toleration in some of the emperors of Hindus- tan , or their viceroys , their Hindu subjects were ever beheld by them in the contemptuous light of infidels and 244 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE ...
... renounced ; and , notwithstanding occasional marks of toleration in some of the emperors of Hindus- tan , or their viceroys , their Hindu subjects were ever beheld by them in the contemptuous light of infidels and 244 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE ...
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