Asiatic Researches; Or, Transactions of the Society, Instituted in Bengal,: For Inquiring Into the History and Antiquities, the Arts, Sciences, and Literature, of Asia. ... Printed Verbatim from the Calcutta Edition..J. Sewell; Vernor and Hood; J. Cuthell; J. Walker; R. Lea; Lackington, Allen, and Company; Otridge and son; R. Faulder; and J. Scatcherd., 1806 |
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... moft capable of conducting it to the attainment of the great and fplendid purposes of its formation . I at the fame time earneftly folicit your acceptance of fervices in any way in which they can be , and I hope that they may be ...
... moft capable of conducting it to the attainment of the great and fplendid purposes of its formation . I at the fame time earneftly folicit your acceptance of fervices in any way in which they can be , and I hope that they may be ...
Page 7
... moft proper names in a manner which a native of Perfia , who could read our letters , would be unable to comprehend . For inftance ; that the capital of Azarbaijan is now called Tabriz , I know from the mouth of a perfon born in that ...
... moft proper names in a manner which a native of Perfia , who could read our letters , would be unable to comprehend . For inftance ; that the capital of Azarbaijan is now called Tabriz , I know from the mouth of a perfon born in that ...
Page 10
... moft na- tions have agreed to place the first in their fymbolical fyftems : by opening them wider ftill , with the corners of them a little drawn back , we give birth to the fecond of the Roman vowels ; and by a large aperture , with a ...
... moft na- tions have agreed to place the first in their fymbolical fyftems : by opening them wider ftill , with the corners of them a little drawn back , we give birth to the fecond of the Roman vowels ; and by a large aperture , with a ...
Page 11
... Next come different claffes of dentals ; and among the first of them fhould be placed the fibilants , which moft nations exprefs by an indented figure . Each of the the dental founds is hard or foft , sharp or OF ASIATICK WORDS . 11.
... Next come different claffes of dentals ; and among the first of them fhould be placed the fibilants , which moft nations exprefs by an indented figure . Each of the the dental founds is hard or foft , sharp or OF ASIATICK WORDS . 11.
Page 12
... moft founds of this clafs are varied in a fingular manner by turning the tongue upwards , and almoft bending it back to- wards the palate , fo as to exclude them nearly from the order , but not from the analogy , of dentals . The ...
... moft founds of this clafs are varied in a fingular manner by turning the tongue upwards , and almoft bending it back to- wards the palate , fo as to exclude them nearly from the order , but not from the analogy , of dentals . The ...
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accufed Afiatick alfo altitude ancient Arabick Arrian Atharvan becauſe Brahmá Brahmans called Callian cofine confequently confiderable confifts defcended defcribed defire Deity diftance ditto divine Emerfion Ephemeris expreffed facred faid fame fays fecond feems feven fhall fhort fhould fhower fide fimilar fimple fince firft firſt fmall fome force friction ftill ftone fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed fyftem Greeks hiftory himſelf Hindus hot ball Hygrometer India Indian Indra itſelf Jupiter Jupiter's king laft Lama language laſt Latitude lefs letters Longitude loofe meaſured meridian moft moon moſt muft muſt neceffary Nyaya Obfervations occafion ordeal paffage paffed Pandits parallax Perfian perfon praiſe prefent preferved preffure Ptolemy rain reafon refemblance reprefented reſpect Sáftra Sanfcrit Satellite ſeems Siva ſmall Tagara thefe theſe thin thofe thoſe Tibet tion tranflated trial by ordeal ufed ufual uſed Véda Véda's Vishnu vowel weft whofe word