Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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Page 27
... observes in his preface to them , * that though many blemishes are to be found in these laws , as containing a system of despotism and priestcraft , both , indeed , limited by law , but artfully conspiring to give mutual support though ...
... observes in his preface to them , * that though many blemishes are to be found in these laws , as containing a system of despotism and priestcraft , both , indeed , limited by law , but artfully conspiring to give mutual support though ...
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... observes , never existed in India . In Greece , says he , " a parent was allowed to expose every child ; in China he may dispose of every female and every third male . This is a system that seems never to have entered into the ...
... observes , never existed in India . In Greece , says he , " a parent was allowed to expose every child ; in China he may dispose of every female and every third male . This is a system that seems never to have entered into the ...
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... observes : Les Egyptiens n'avoient pas de monnoie de métal , et si les Hindous en eussent eu , ils n'auroient pas manqué d'emprunter d'eux cette découverte au rešte je doute de l'existence du système monetaire des anciens Hindous ; la ...
... observes : Les Egyptiens n'avoient pas de monnoie de métal , et si les Hindous en eussent eu , ils n'auroient pas manqué d'emprunter d'eux cette découverte au rešte je doute de l'existence du système monetaire des anciens Hindous ; la ...
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... observes , that the money of the Hebrews , Egyptians , and people of Asia , age , it is said , took up altogether three years , which , when contrasted with the present state of navigation , seems a wonderfully long space , even ...
... observes , that the money of the Hebrews , Egyptians , and people of Asia , age , it is said , took up altogether three years , which , when contrasted with the present state of navigation , seems a wonderfully long space , even ...
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... observes , that the first manner cost a talent of silver , the second twenty minæ ; and what is still stronger than all the other passages which we have quoted from him , we find , * that by the criminal laws of Egypt , those who ...
... observes , that the first manner cost a talent of silver , the second twenty minæ ; and what is still stronger than all the other passages which we have quoted from him , we find , * that by the criminal laws of Egypt , those who ...
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