The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 - 13 pages |
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William Jones. " and it is divided into two parts ; the bright half " is their day for laborious exertions ; the dark " half , their night for fleep . A year is a day " and night of the Gods ; and that is alfo di- " vided into two halves ...
William Jones. " and it is divided into two parts ; the bright half " is their day for laborious exertions ; the dark " half , their night for fleep . A year is a day " and night of the Gods ; and that is alfo di- " vided into two halves ...
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... bright and dark halves , fo , by the fame analogy , a day and night of mortals might have been confidered by the ancient Hindus as a month of the lower world ; and then a year of such months will consist only of twelve days and nights ...
... bright and dark halves , fo , by the fame analogy , a day and night of mortals might have been confidered by the ancient Hindus as a month of the lower world ; and then a year of such months will consist only of twelve days and nights ...
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... , O HERI , lord of the Univerfe ! 8. Thou weareft on thy bright body a man- tle fhining like a blue cloud , or like the water of Yamunŕ tripping toward thee through fear of thy furrowing plough 14 . ON THE CHRONOLOGY.
... , O HERI , lord of the Univerfe ! 8. Thou weareft on thy bright body a man- tle fhining like a blue cloud , or like the water of Yamunŕ tripping toward thee through fear of thy furrowing plough 14 . ON THE CHRONOLOGY.
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... bright star . A feftoon . A fnake . A bow . A child's pencil . An arrow . A tabor . A circle of stars . A ftaff for burdens . The beam of a balance . 9. A dog's tail . 18. A boar's head . 27. A fifh . From twelve of the asterisms just ...
... bright star . A feftoon . A fnake . A bow . A child's pencil . An arrow . A tabor . A circle of stars . A ftaff for burdens . The beam of a balance . 9. A dog's tail . 18. A boar's head . 27. A fifh . From twelve of the asterisms just ...
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... bright jewel , round the " ankle of the fky ; he placed the Hindu SA- " TURN on the feat of that reftive elephant , the 66 revolving fphere , and put the rainbow into " his hand , as a hook to coerce the intoxicated " beaft ; he made ...
... bright jewel , round the " ankle of the fky ; he placed the Hindu SA- " TURN on the feat of that reftive elephant , the 66 revolving fphere , and put the rainbow into " his hand , as a hook to coerce the intoxicated " beaft ; he made ...
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