The Works of Sir William Jones: With the Life of the Author, Volume 3J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 |
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... 25th February , 1790 · 137 The Eighth Anniversary Difcourfe , on the Borderers , Mountaineers , and Islanders of Afia , delivered 24th February , 1791 162 VOL . I. The Ninth Anniversary Difcourfe , on the Origin and Families.
... 25th February , 1790 · 137 The Eighth Anniversary Difcourfe , on the Borderers , Mountaineers , and Islanders of Afia , delivered 24th February , 1791 162 VOL . I. The Ninth Anniversary Difcourfe , on the Origin and Families.
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... Origin and Families of Nations , delivered 23d February , 1792 The Tenth Anniversary Discourse , on Afiatick His- tory , civil and natural , delivered 22th February , 1793 The Eleventh Anniversary Discourse , on the Philo- fophy of the ...
... Origin and Families of Nations , delivered 23d February , 1792 The Tenth Anniversary Discourse , on Afiatick His- tory , civil and natural , delivered 22th February , 1793 The Eleventh Anniversary Discourse , on the Philo- fophy of the ...
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... origin , more true fublimity , more exquisite beauty , ( c CC purer morality , more important history , and " finer ftrains both of poetry and eloquence , " than could be collected within the fame 66 compass from all other books , that ...
... origin , more true fublimity , more exquisite beauty , ( c CC purer morality , more important history , and " finer ftrains both of poetry and eloquence , " than could be collected within the fame 66 compass from all other books , that ...
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... origin , and whether that origin was the fame , which we generally afcribe to them . I begin with India , not because I find reason to believe it the true centre of population or of knowledge , but , because it is the country , which we ...
... origin , and whether that origin was the fame , which we generally afcribe to them . I begin with India , not because I find reason to believe it the true centre of population or of knowledge , but , because it is the country , which we ...
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... origin , was primeval in Upper India , into which the Sanscrit was introduced by conquerors from other kingdoms in fome very remote age ; for we cannot doubt that the language of the Veda's was used in the great extent of country ...
... origin , was primeval in Upper India , into which the Sanscrit was introduced by conquerors from other kingdoms in fome very remote age ; for we cannot doubt that the language of the Veda's was used in the great extent of country ...
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affert affured Afia Afiatick alfo almoſt alſo ancient appear Arabian Arabick Arabs arts becauſe believe beſt BRAHMA called characters China Chineſe cloſe compofitions confequently confider confiderable CRISHNA defcended defcribed Deity Devanagari dialects diftinct diphthong diſcover diſtinguiſhed divine Egypt eſpecially eſtabliſhed expreffed facred faid fame fecond feems feven fhall fhort fhould fimilar fimple fince FIRDAUSI firft firſt fome fource fpirit ftill fubject fublime fuch fuppofed fyftem fymbol Greeks himſelf Hindus hiſtory India Indian intereſting Iràn itſelf language laſt learned leaſt lefs letters moft Mongals moſt Mufelmans muft muſt myſelf nations natural obfervations occafion origin Perfian philofophers preſent preſerved pronounced purpoſe queſtion race racter raiſed reaſon religion repreſented reſearches reſemblance reſpect Sanfcrit ſcience Scythian ſeems ſeveral ſhall ſhort ſome ſtrong ſyſtem Tartars themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion tranflated univerfal uſed Véda verſes VISHNU vowel weft whofe whoſe word Yemen Zend
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Page 34 - The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either; yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs, and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong, indeed, that no philologer could examine them all three without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists.
Page 124 - Think not that they were adorers of fire ; for that element was only an exalted object, on the lustre of which they fixed their eyes ; they humbled themselves a whole week before God ; and if thy understanding be ever so little exerted, thou must acknowledge thy dependence on the Being supremely pure.
Page 227 - The fundamental tenet of the Vedanti school consisted, not in denying the existence of matter, that is, of solidity, impenetrability, and extended figure, (to deny which would be lunacy) but in correcting the popular notion of it, and in contending, that it has no essence independent of mental perception, that existence and perceptibility are convertible terms...
Page 323 - In seven days from the present time, O thou tamer of enemies, the three worlds will be plunged in an ocean of death ; but, in the midst of the destroying waves, a large vessel sent by me for thy use shall stand before thee. Then...
Page xix - I here omit remarking, what may probably have attracted your observation as well as mine, the candour and complacency with which he gave his attention to all persons, of whatever quality, talents, or education : he justly concluded that curious or important information might be gained even from the illiterate ; and wherever it was to be obtained, he...
Page 33 - ... names both for things and for actions; as it has happened in every country, that I can recollect, where the conquerors have not preserved their own tongue unmixed...
Page 2 - I consoled myself with a hope, founded on opinions which it might have the appearance of flattery to mention, that, if in any country or community, such...
Page iv - Italian, he fpoke and wrote with the greateft fluency and precifion ; and the German and Portuguefe were familiar to him. At an early period of life, his application to oriental literature commenced ; he...
Page 374 - Varanes, mean only the powers of nature, and principally those of the Sun, expressed in a variety of ways, and by a multitude of fanciful names.
Page 235 - ... perceived in heavenly or in terrestrial bodies: it is a disposition to be attracted which taught hard steel to rush from its place and rivet itself on the magnet : it is the same disposition which impels the light straw to attach itself firmly on amber: it is this quality which gives every substance in nature a tendency toward another, and an inclination forcibly directed to a determinate point.