The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 - 13 pages |
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Page 68
... Perfian a large lizard : the passage just exhi- bited may nevertheless relate to an animal of the cetaceous order , and poffibly to the dolphin of the ancients . Before I leave the sphere of the Hindus , I cannot help mentioning a ...
... Perfian a large lizard : the passage just exhi- bited may nevertheless relate to an animal of the cetaceous order , and poffibly to the dolphin of the ancients . Before I leave the sphere of the Hindus , I cannot help mentioning a ...
Page 70
... Perfian hiftorians to be defcended from the Jews ; they have traditions among themfelves of fuch a defcent ; and it is even afferted that their families are diftinguished by the names of Jewish tribes , although , fince their converfion ...
... Perfian hiftorians to be defcended from the Jews ; they have traditions among themfelves of fuch a defcent ; and it is even afferted that their families are diftinguished by the names of Jewish tribes , although , fince their converfion ...
Page 88
... Perfian fyftem , and repre- fents the genii fuppofed to prefide over them , exactly as they are described by the poet HA- TIFI : " He bedecked the firmament with ftars , " and ennobled this earth with the race of men ; " he gently ...
... Perfian fyftem , and repre- fents the genii fuppofed to prefide over them , exactly as they are described by the poet HA- TIFI : " He bedecked the firmament with ftars , " and ennobled this earth with the race of men ; " he gently ...
Page 105
... Perfian fages , who appear from the whole of his ac- count to have been Hindus ; and we cannot doubt , that the book of Maha'ba'd , or Menu , which was written , he fays , in a celeftial dialect , means the Véda ; fo that , as ZERA ...
... Perfian fages , who appear from the whole of his ac- count to have been Hindus ; and we cannot doubt , that the book of Maha'ba'd , or Menu , which was written , he fays , in a celeftial dialect , means the Véda ; fo that , as ZERA ...
Page 170
... Perfian , who repeated his story again and again , and per- mitted me to write it down from his lips , de- clared , he had more than once been prefent , when a celebrated lutanift , Mirzá MOHAMMED , furnamed BULBUL , was playing to a ...
... Perfian , who repeated his story again and again , and per- mitted me to write it down from his lips , de- clared , he had more than once been prefent , when a celebrated lutanift , Mirzá MOHAMMED , furnamed BULBUL , was playing to a ...
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afferted affuming affured aftronomers alfo alſo ancient anſwered Arabick beautiful becauſe beſt BHAIRAVA bloffoms bofom bower BRAHMA BUDDHA called cauſe Chaturanga Chineſe cloſe compofed confifts CRISHNA damfel defire deſcribed divine eſpecially expreffed eyes faid fame fays fecond feemed feven fhall fince firft firſt fleep flowers folar fome foul ftars fubject fuch fuppofed fyftem grant flowers heart HERI himſelf Hindus hiſtory houſe hundred India Indian INDRA iſland itſelf juſt king laſt leaſt lotos lunar Magadha manfion meaſure MENU modes moon moſt mufick muft muſician muſt night obfervation paffage paffed paffion Pandits Perfian perfon pleaſure praiſe preſent prince purpoſe RA'DHA raiſed reaſon reſemblance reſpect ſaid Sanferit ſeems ſeven ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould SO'MA ſome ſtars ſuch ſuppoſed ſyſtem thee themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion univerfal uſed vafe Véda's Védas verſes VISHNU weft whofe whoſe