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... same race , who im- ported into the farthest parts of Afia the rites and fabulous hiftory of RA'MA . These rites and this hiftory are extremely curious ; and , although I cannot believe with NEWTON , than ancient mythology was nothing ...
... same race , who im- ported into the farthest parts of Afia the rites and fabulous hiftory of RA'MA . These rites and this hiftory are extremely curious ; and , although I cannot believe with NEWTON , than ancient mythology was nothing ...
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... same stock , that the roots of verbs be almost universally biliteral , fo that five and twenty hundred fuch roots might be formed by the com- pofition of the fifty Indian letters ; but the Arabick roots are as univer- fally triliteral ...
... same stock , that the roots of verbs be almost universally biliteral , fo that five and twenty hundred fuch roots might be formed by the com- pofition of the fifty Indian letters ; but the Arabick roots are as univer- fally triliteral ...
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... same immediate stock . The first fyllable of Hamyar , as many Europeans write it , might perhaps induce an Etymologift to derive the Arabs of Yemen from the great ancestor of the Indians ; but we must observe , that Himyar is the proper ...
... same immediate stock . The first fyllable of Hamyar , as many Europeans write it , might perhaps induce an Etymologift to derive the Arabs of Yemen from the great ancestor of the Indians ; but we must observe , that Himyar is the proper ...
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... same perfon , who travelled eastward from Ethiopia , either as a warriour or as a lawgiver , about a thousand years before CHRIST , and whofe rites WC we now fee extended as far as the country of 42 THE FOURTH DISCOURSE ,
... same perfon , who travelled eastward from Ethiopia , either as a warriour or as a lawgiver , about a thousand years before CHRIST , and whofe rites WC we now fee extended as far as the country of 42 THE FOURTH DISCOURSE ,
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... same station , perhaps , where the Romans had been received in the mid- dle of the fixth century ; the Chinese on his return home reported the Eighùrìs to be a grave people , with fair complexions , diligent workmen , and ingenious ...
... same station , perhaps , where the Romans had been received in the mid- dle of the fixth century ; the Chinese on his return home reported the Eighùrìs to be a grave people , with fair complexions , diligent workmen , and ingenious ...
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affert affured Afiatick alfo almoſt alſo ancient anſwered Arabian Arabick Arabs beautiful becauſe beſt BRAHMA Bráhmans BUDDHA called cauſe Chineſe cloſe compofed compofitions confiderable confifts courſe CRISHNA damfel defcribed defire Deity diſtinct diſtinguiſhed divine Egypt eſpecially eſtabliſhed exiſtence expreffed facred faid fame fays fecond feems feven fhall fimilar fince firſt folar fome fubject fuch fuppofed fyftem Greeks himſelf Hindus hiſtory houſe India Indian INDRA iſland itſelf juſt king language laſt learned leaſt letters lunar Magadha MENU modes moon moſt mufick muſt myſelf nature obfervations paffage paffion Pandits Perfian philofopher pleaſure poets praiſe preſent preſerved prince purpoſe queſtion RA'DHA RA'MA raiſed reaſon repreſented reſemblance reſpective ſaid Sanferit ſcience ſeems ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhort ſhould ſome ſtars ſtate ſtill ſuch ſuppoſed ſyſtem thee themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand tranflated univerſe uſed Védas verſe VISHNU vowel whofe whoſe word Yemen