Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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... practices of those invaders naturally inspired the natives with suspicions of their subsequent English rulers . The Brahmins , sole depositories of the Hindu laws and doctrines , were also * The desire of converting all the inhabitants ...
... practices of those invaders naturally inspired the natives with suspicions of their subsequent English rulers . The Brahmins , sole depositories of the Hindu laws and doctrines , were also * The desire of converting all the inhabitants ...
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... practice , 66 * " Ces Menous sont les mêmes que les Mahabad des anciens Persans . " Observation by M. Langlès . See the notes , and Notice Chronologique , in the tenth volume of his edition of Chardin's travels . D correcting and ...
... practice , 66 * " Ces Menous sont les mêmes que les Mahabad des anciens Persans . " Observation by M. Langlès . See the notes , and Notice Chronologique , in the tenth volume of his edition of Chardin's travels . D correcting and ...
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... practice of exposing children to sale , legalised anciently in Greece , and still practised in China , Dr. Vincent observes , never existed in India . In Greece , says he , " a parent was allowed to expose every child ; in China he may ...
... practice of exposing children to sale , legalised anciently in Greece , and still practised in China , Dr. Vincent observes , never existed in India . In Greece , says he , " a parent was allowed to expose every child ; in China he may ...
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... practices , notions , and opinions of both nations . We find the same belief in the faculty , supposed to be enjoyed by certain persons , of looking into futurity , and discovering the most hidden secrets ; * in magic and incantation ...
... practices , notions , and opinions of both nations . We find the same belief in the faculty , supposed to be enjoyed by certain persons , of looking into futurity , and discovering the most hidden secrets ; * in magic and incantation ...
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... practice of virtue as necessary for procuring happiness even in this transient life ; their religious doctrines make their felicity in a future state to depend on it . * * " The doctrine of the metempsychosis is fully explained in the ...
... practice of virtue as necessary for procuring happiness even in this transient life ; their religious doctrines make their felicity in a future state to depend on it . * * " The doctrine of the metempsychosis is fully explained in the ...
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