The Works of Sir William Jones ...G. G. and J. Robinson, 1799 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page
... Letters - 14g On the Gods of Greece , Italy , and India On the Chronology of the Hindus - A Supplement to the Effay on Indian Chronology - 175 - 229 281 - 315 Note to Mr. Vanfittart's Paper on the Afghans being descended from the Jews i ...
... Letters - 14g On the Gods of Greece , Italy , and India On the Chronology of the Hindus - A Supplement to the Effay on Indian Chronology - 175 - 229 281 - 315 Note to Mr. Vanfittart's Paper on the Afghans being descended from the Jews i ...
Page 10
... letters . It was principally with a defign to open sources of fuch information , that I long had meditated an expedition up the Ganges during the suf- pension of my business ; but , although I had the fatisfaction of visiting two ...
... letters . It was principally with a defign to open sources of fuch information , that I long had meditated an expedition up the Ganges during the suf- pension of my business ; but , although I had the fatisfaction of visiting two ...
Page 20
... letters ; yet often , where it is wholly un- affifted by those advantages , it may be indifputably proved by extrin- fick evidence . We know à pofteriori , that both fitz and hijo , by the nature of two several dialects , are derived ...
... letters ; yet often , where it is wholly un- affifted by those advantages , it may be indifputably proved by extrin- fick evidence . We know à pofteriori , that both fitz and hijo , by the nature of two several dialects , are derived ...
Page 23
... letters are still used with more or less deviation from their original form . The Hindus themselves believe their own country , to which they give the vain epithets of Medhyama or Central , and Punyabhúmi , or the Land of Virtues , to ...
... letters are still used with more or less deviation from their original form . The Hindus themselves believe their own country , to which they give the vain epithets of Medhyama or Central , and Punyabhúmi , or the Land of Virtues , to ...
Page 25
... Letters ; fecondly , their Philofophy and Religion ; thirdly , the actual remains of their old Sculpture and Architecture ; and fourthly , the written memorials of their Sciences and Arts . I. It is much to be lamented , that neither ...
... Letters ; fecondly , their Philofophy and Religion ; thirdly , the actual remains of their old Sculpture and Architecture ; and fourthly , the written memorials of their Sciences and Arts . I. It is much to be lamented , that neither ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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