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... Arabs , delivered 15th of February , 1787 The Fifth Anniversary Discourse , on the Tartars , delivered 21st of February , 1788 The Sixth Anniversary Discourse , on the Perfians , delivered 19th of February , 1789 The Seventh Anniversary ...
... Arabs , delivered 15th of February , 1787 The Fifth Anniversary Discourse , on the Tartars , delivered 21st of February , 1788 The Sixth Anniversary Discourse , on the Perfians , delivered 19th of February , 1789 The Seventh Anniversary ...
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... Arabs have fubdued or colonized ; and farther weftward , the Afiatick dominions of the Turkish fultans , whofe moon feems approach- ing rapidly to its wane . - By this great circumference , the field of your useful researches will be ...
... Arabs have fubdued or colonized ; and farther weftward , the Afiatick dominions of the Turkish fultans , whofe moon feems approach- ing rapidly to its wane . - By this great circumference , the field of your useful researches will be ...
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... Arabs and Perfians , which differ fur- prisingly in their style and form , are here pretty generally known ; and , though tastes , concerning which there can be no difputing , are divided in regard to their merit , yet we may fafely fay ...
... Arabs and Perfians , which differ fur- prisingly in their style and form , are here pretty generally known ; and , though tastes , concerning which there can be no difputing , are divided in regard to their merit , yet we may fafely fay ...
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... , the Tartars , the Arabs , and the Perfians : who they feverally were , whence , and when they came , where they now are fettled , and what advantage advantage a more perfect knowledge of them all may bring ON THE HINDU'S . 21.
... , the Tartars , the Arabs , and the Perfians : who they feverally were , whence , and when they came , where they now are fettled , and what advantage advantage a more perfect knowledge of them all may bring ON THE HINDU'S . 21.
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... Arabs call the children of CU'SH : and the ancient Hindus , according to STRABO , differed in nothing from the Africans , but in the ftraitness and smoothness of their hair , while that of the others was crifp or woolly ; a difference ...
... Arabs call the children of CU'SH : and the ancient Hindus , according to STRABO , differed in nothing from the Africans , but in the ftraitness and smoothness of their hair , while that of the others was crifp or woolly ; a difference ...
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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