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 Profound Literature, of Hindostan: Compared, Throughout, with the Religion, Laws, Government, and Literature, of Persia, Egypt, and Greece, the Whole Intended as Introductory to The History of Hindostan, Upon a Comprehensive Scale ...The Author, 1800 - India |
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... particular fpecies , of a nature equally curious and remote from common investigation . If it happen that Cri- ticism should point any severe ftrictures on that portion of my work , I fhall think myself exceedingly ill repaid for ...
... particular fpecies , of a nature equally curious and remote from common investigation . If it happen that Cri- ticism should point any severe ftrictures on that portion of my work , I fhall think myself exceedingly ill repaid for ...
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... particular men- tion of Strabo , it would be unjust not to take as particular notice of Ptolemy , the greatest i g Strabo , lib . ii . p . 65 . B 3 mathe . mathematician and aftronomer of his age , whofe geographical history [ 5 ]
... particular men- tion of Strabo , it would be unjust not to take as particular notice of Ptolemy , the greatest i g Strabo , lib . ii . p . 65 . B 3 mathe . mathematician and aftronomer of his age , whofe geographical history [ 5 ]
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... particular to be omitted ; and I fhall therefore extract it as a fpecimen of that traveller's agreeable , fpirited , and , confidering the period when it was penned , may add , elegant manner of writing ! " As for the rarities of the ...
... particular to be omitted ; and I fhall therefore extract it as a fpecimen of that traveller's agreeable , fpirited , and , confidering the period when it was penned , may add , elegant manner of writing ! " As for the rarities of the ...
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