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... expressed in a wish , which we now know to have been prophetic . Mihi fit , oro , non inutilis toga , Nec indiferta lingua , nec turpis manus ! C 2 I have I have already enumerated attainments and works , which , [ xi ]
... expressed in a wish , which we now know to have been prophetic . Mihi fit , oro , non inutilis toga , Nec indiferta lingua , nec turpis manus ! C 2 I have I have already enumerated attainments and works , which , [ xi ]
Page 182
... expressed both in his method and mine * : a tranflation of them will be produced on another occafion ; but , in order to render this tract as complete as poffible , a fuller fpecimen of Sanfcrit will be fubjoined with the original ...
... expressed both in his method and mine * : a tranflation of them will be produced on another occafion ; but , in order to render this tract as complete as poffible , a fuller fpecimen of Sanfcrit will be fubjoined with the original ...
Page 198
... expressed by a distinct character , which stands last in the plate annexed * . B In the curious work entitled Tohfahu'l Hind , or The Prefent of INDIA , this is the fourth series of Sanscrit letters ; but in general it has the third ...
... expressed by a distinct character , which stands last in the plate annexed * . B In the curious work entitled Tohfahu'l Hind , or The Prefent of INDIA , this is the fourth series of Sanscrit letters ; but in general it has the third ...
Page 268
... expressed by the mysti- cal word O'M , were defigned by the first idolaters to represent the Solar fire ; but PHŒBUS , or the orb of the Sun perfonified , is adored by the Indians as the God SU'RYA , whence the fect , who pay him ...
... expressed by the mysti- cal word O'M , were defigned by the first idolaters to represent the Solar fire ; but PHŒBUS , or the orb of the Sun perfonified , is adored by the Indians as the God SU'RYA , whence the fect , who pay him ...
Page 366
... expressed by those figures, the grammarians of China contrived to re' present the various operations of the mind by metaphors drawn from * the productions of nature: thus the idea of roughness and of rotun' dity, of motion and rest ...
... expressed by those figures, the grammarians of China contrived to re' present the various operations of the mind by metaphors drawn from * the productions of nature: thus the idea of roughness and of rotun' dity, of motion and rest ...
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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