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... called fine and liberal , though of lefs ⚫ general utility than the labours of the mechanick , it is really wonderful how much a fingle nation has excelled the whole world : I mean the ancient Greeks , whofe Sculpture , of which we ...
... called fine and liberal , though of lefs ⚫ general utility than the labours of the mechanick , it is really wonderful how much a fingle nation has excelled the whole world : I mean the ancient Greeks , whofe Sculpture , of which we ...
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William Jones. of the imagination , or what is commonly called Genius , appears to be yet in its infancy among the people of the Eaft : but the Hindu fyftem of mufick has , I believe , been formed on truer principles than our own ; and ...
William Jones. of the imagination , or what is commonly called Genius , appears to be yet in its infancy among the people of the Eaft : but the Hindu fyftem of mufick has , I believe , been formed on truer principles than our own ; and ...
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... called a glory , to the forenfick fcience . All these objects of inquiry muft appear to you , Gentlemen , in fo ftrong a light , that bare intimations of them will be fufficient ; nor is it necessary to make use of emulation as an ...
... called a glory , to the forenfick fcience . All these objects of inquiry muft appear to you , Gentlemen , in fo ftrong a light , that bare intimations of them will be fufficient ; nor is it necessary to make use of emulation as an ...
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... called alfo Vindian by the Greeks ; beyond which the Sindhu runs in feveral branches to the fea , and meets it nearly oppofite to the point of Dwáracŕ , the celebrated feat of their Shepherd God : in the fouth - east they place the ...
... called alfo Vindian by the Greeks ; beyond which the Sindhu runs in feveral branches to the fea , and meets it nearly oppofite to the point of Dwáracŕ , the celebrated feat of their Shepherd God : in the fouth - east they place the ...
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... called Nágarí , from Nagara , a City , with the word Déva fometimes prefixed , because they are believed to have been taught by the Divinity himself , who prescribed the artificial order of them in a voice from heaven . These letters ...
... called Nágarí , from Nagara , a City , with the word Déva fometimes prefixed , because they are believed to have been taught by the Divinity himself , who prescribed the artificial order of them in a voice from heaven . These letters ...
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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