Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern India, Volume 1T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1817 - 731 pages |
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... written during the Author's detention in France , in common with others of his countrymen , from the recommencement of hostilities in 1803 , until they were delivered by the events of 1814 . Through the obliging attentions of the ...
... written during the Author's detention in France , in common with others of his countrymen , from the recommencement of hostilities in 1803 , until they were delivered by the events of 1814 . Through the obliging attentions of the ...
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... written Himalaya . The Emodus , & c . of the ancients , are those moun- tains which extend from the Ganges , above Sirinagur , to Cashmire . + Pliny , speaking of the mountains we have men- tioned , but beginning with those on the east ...
... written Himalaya . The Emodus , & c . of the ancients , are those moun- tains which extend from the Ganges , above Sirinagur , to Cashmire . + Pliny , speaking of the mountains we have men- tioned , but beginning with those on the east ...
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... writing , found amongst his papers , twenty - eight languages are men- tioned as having been studied by him . " Eight ( says he ) critically : English , French , Ita- lian , Latin , Greek , Arabic , Persian , Sanscrit . " Eight studied ...
... writing , found amongst his papers , twenty - eight languages are men- tioned as having been studied by him . " Eight ( says he ) critically : English , French , Ita- lian , Latin , Greek , Arabic , Persian , Sanscrit . " Eight studied ...
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... written to him by those persons when the work was terminated , the one in Sanscrit , the other in Arabic , are strongly expressive of their profound respect for him . * In the beginning of 1794 , very shortly before his death , he ...
... written to him by those persons when the work was terminated , the one in Sanscrit , the other in Arabic , are strongly expressive of their profound respect for him . * In the beginning of 1794 , very shortly before his death , he ...
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... written many ages since . " The war of Lanca ( Ceylon ) is drama- tically represented at the festival of Rama , on the ninth day of the new moon of Chaitra ; and the drama concludes , says Holwell , who had often seen it , with an ...
... written many ages since . " The war of Lanca ( Ceylon ) is drama- tically represented at the festival of Rama , on the ninth day of the new moon of Chaitra ; and the drama concludes , says Holwell , who had often seen it , with an ...
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