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... ancient Indian drama , it would be unbecoming to speak in a style of importance which he did not himself annex to them . They fhow the activity of a vigorous mind , its fertility , its genius , and its taste . Nor fhall I particularly ...
... ancient Indian drama , it would be unbecoming to speak in a style of importance which he did not himself annex to them . They fhow the activity of a vigorous mind , its fertility , its genius , and its taste . Nor fhall I particularly ...
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William Jones. 5 . On the Ancient Mufic of the Indians . 6. On the Medical Substances of India , and the Indian Art of Medicine . 7. - On the Philosophy of the Ancient Indians . 8. - A Translation of the Veda . 9. - On Ancient Indian ...
William Jones. 5 . On the Ancient Mufic of the Indians . 6. On the Medical Substances of India , and the Indian Art of Medicine . 7. - On the Philosophy of the Ancient Indians . 8. - A Translation of the Veda . 9. - On Ancient Indian ...
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... ancient and wonderful empire of China with all her Tartarian dependencies , and that of Japan , with the cluster of precious islands , in which many fingular curiosities have too long been concealed : before you lies that prodigious ...
... ancient and wonderful empire of China with all her Tartarian dependencies , and that of Japan , with the cluster of precious islands , in which many fingular curiosities have too long been concealed : before you lies that prodigious ...
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... ancient feats of Hindu fuperftition and literature , yet , illness hav- ing detained me a confiderable time in the ... ancients were accustomed to pronounce panegyricks on their own countrymen at the expense of all other nations their 10 ...
... ancient feats of Hindu fuperftition and literature , yet , illness hav- ing detained me a confiderable time in the ... ancients were accustomed to pronounce panegyricks on their own countrymen at the expense of all other nations their 10 ...
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... ancient 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 ...
... ancient 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 ...
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