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... believe , been formed on truer principles than our own ; and all the fkill of the native compofers is directed to the great object of their art , the natural expreffion of strong paffions , to which melody , indeed , is often facrificed ...
... believe , been formed on truer principles than our own ; and all the fkill of the native compofers is directed to the great object of their art , the natural expreffion of strong paffions , to which melody , indeed , is often facrificed ...
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... believe , that even those ruins , of which you will , I trust , be prefented with correct delineations , may furnish our own architects with new ideas of beauty and fublimity . Permit me now to add a few words on the Sciences , properly ...
... believe , that even those ruins , of which you will , I trust , be prefented with correct delineations , may furnish our own architects with new ideas of beauty and fublimity . Permit me now to add a few words on the Sciences , properly ...
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... believe it the true centre of population or of knowledge , but , because it is the country , which we now inhabit , and from which we may best survey the re- gions around us ; as , in popular language , we speak of the rising sun , and ...
... believe it the true centre of population or of knowledge , but , because it is the country , which we now inhabit , and from which we may best survey the re- gions around us ; as , in popular language , we speak of the rising sun , and ...
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... believe their own country , to which they give the vain epithets of Medhyama or Central , and Punyabhúmi , or the Land of Virtues , to have been the portion of BHARAT , one of nine brothers , whofe father had the dominion of the whole ...
... believe their own country , to which they give the vain epithets of Medhyama or Central , and Punyabhúmi , or the Land of Virtues , to have been the portion of BHARAT , one of nine brothers , whofe father had the dominion of the whole ...
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... believe , that the pure Hindi , whether of Tartarian or Chaldean origin , was primeval in Upper India , into which the Sanferit was introduced by conquerors from other kingdoms in fome very remote age ; for we cannot doubt that the ...
... believe , that the pure Hindi , whether of Tartarian or Chaldean origin , was primeval in Upper India , into which the Sanferit was introduced by conquerors from other kingdoms in fome very remote age ; for we cannot doubt that the ...
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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