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... Greek and Roman literature , his early proficiency was the fubject of admiration and ap- plaufe ; and knowledge , of whatever nature , once obtained by him , was ever afterwards progreffive . The more elegant dialects of modern Europe ...
... Greek and Roman literature , his early proficiency was the fubject of admiration and ap- plaufe ; and knowledge , of whatever nature , once obtained by him , was ever afterwards progreffive . The more elegant dialects of modern Europe ...
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... Greek , Turkish , Perfian , ancient and modern . Firdaufi's Khofrau nama . 20. - The five Poems of Nizami , translated in profe . A Dictionary of pure Perfian . Jehangire . CHINA . 21. - A Translation of the Shi - king . 22. — The text ...
... Greek , Turkish , Perfian , ancient and modern . Firdaufi's Khofrau nama . 20. - The five Poems of Nizami , translated in profe . A Dictionary of pure Perfian . Jehangire . CHINA . 21. - A Translation of the Shi - king . 22. — The text ...
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... Greeks , whofe Sculpture , of which we have exquifite remains both on gems and in marble , no modern tool can equal ; whofe Archi- tecture we can only imitate at a fervile distance , but are unable to make one addition to it , without ...
... Greeks , whofe Sculpture , of which we have exquifite remains both on gems and in marble , no modern tool can equal ; whofe Archi- tecture we can only imitate at a fervile distance , but are unable to make one addition to it , without ...
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... Greek words descriptive of the animal ; which etymologies , though they could not have been demonstrated à priori , might ferve to confirm , if any fuch confirmation were neceffary , the proofs of a connection between the members of one ...
... Greek words descriptive of the animal ; which etymologies , though they could not have been demonstrated à priori , might ferve to confirm , if any fuch confirmation were neceffary , the proofs of a connection between the members of one ...
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... Greeks ; beyond which the Sindhu runs in feveral branches to the fea , and meets it nearly oppofite to the point of Dwáracà , the celebrated feat of their Shepherd God : in the fouth - east they place the great river Saravatya ; by ...
... Greeks ; beyond which the Sindhu runs in feveral branches to the fea , and meets it nearly oppofite to the point of Dwáracà , the celebrated feat of their Shepherd God : in the fouth - east they place the great river Saravatya ; by ...
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