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... the laws that others give to Orpheus . The Orphæ , though the name be taken from the latter , were followers of the doctrines of Pythagold , blazing like the luminary with a thousand beams ; 30 CREATION . - LAWS , AND.
... the laws that others give to Orpheus . The Orphæ , though the name be taken from the latter , were followers of the doctrines of Pythagold , blazing like the luminary with a thousand beams ; 30 CREATION . - LAWS , AND.
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... taken by antiquarians for Egyptian . * The Thebaid possessed valuable mines of gold and silver . Diodorus Siculus , describing the mausoleum of a king whom he names Osymandyas , says , that by an inscription on one of the walls of that ...
... taken by antiquarians for Egyptian . * The Thebaid possessed valuable mines of gold and silver . Diodorus Siculus , describing the mausoleum of a king whom he names Osymandyas , says , that by an inscription on one of the walls of that ...
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... taken as an argument to prove that the Egyptians had no regular coin . The period , when money first began to be in use with the Greeks , cannot , I believe , be positively ascertained . Had we not proofs to the contrary , it might have ...
... taken as an argument to prove that the Egyptians had no regular coin . The period , when money first began to be in use with the Greeks , cannot , I believe , be positively ascertained . Had we not proofs to the contrary , it might have ...
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... taken from mythology , or in allusion to the respective states where they were struck , were pro* Letter from the Chevalier Visconti to the Author , 17th August , 1814 . bably posterior to those with the head of the ox 62 CREATION ...
... taken from mythology , or in allusion to the respective states where they were struck , were pro* Letter from the Chevalier Visconti to the Author , 17th August , 1814 . bably posterior to those with the head of the ox 62 CREATION ...
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... frequently accompanied with , or productive of misery , may have been taken from this allegorical ornament . P. 441 12. 200 35 . mkom TOURK % of Ma Works of a beautiful hymn to this deity , Sir William 110 ON THE MYTHOLOGY , & c .
... frequently accompanied with , or productive of misery , may have been taken from this allegorical ornament . P. 441 12. 200 35 . mkom TOURK % of Ma Works of a beautiful hymn to this deity , Sir William 110 ON THE MYTHOLOGY , & c .
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| Title | Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern India |
| Author | Quintin Craufurd |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 28 Jun 2016 |
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