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... object of them ; and a few ideas having presented themselves to my mind , I presume to lay them before you , with an entire fubmiffion to your judgement . No No contributions , except those of the literary kind , 16 THE PRESIDENT'S SECOND.
... object of them ; and a few ideas having presented themselves to my mind , I presume to lay them before you , with an entire fubmiffion to your judgement . No No contributions , except those of the literary kind , 16 THE PRESIDENT'S SECOND.
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... themselves to favour . With a view to avail ourselves of this difpofition , and to bring their latent fcience under our inspection , it might be advisable to print and circulate a fhort memorial , in Perfian and Hindi , fetting forth ...
... themselves to favour . With a view to avail ourselves of this difpofition , and to bring their latent fcience under our inspection , it might be advisable to print and circulate a fhort memorial , in Perfian and Hindi , fetting forth ...
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... themselves , as a kind of inheritance , the vast continent of Afia , with the many iflands depending on it , are the Indians , the Chinese , the Tartars , the Arabs , and the Perfians : who they feverally were , whence , and when they ...
... themselves , as a kind of inheritance , the vast continent of Afia , with the many iflands depending on it , are the Indians , the Chinese , the Tartars , the Arabs , and the Perfians : who they feverally were , whence , and when they ...
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... themselves 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 ...
... themselves 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 ...
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... themselves at different times " in different parts of India , yet the original inhabitants have lost very " little of their original character . " The ancients , in fact , give a de- scription of them , which our early travellers ...
... themselves at different times " in different parts of India , yet the original inhabitants have lost very " little of their original character . " The ancients , in fact , give a de- scription of them , which our early travellers ...
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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