The Works of Sir William Jones: With the Life of the Author, Volume 3J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 |
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... word merely relative , and , though commonly used in Europe , con- veys no very distinct idea . If now it be asked , what are the intended ob- jects of our inquiries within these fpacious limits , we answer , MAN and NATURE ; whatever ...
... word merely relative , and , though commonly used in Europe , con- veys no very distinct idea . If now it be asked , what are the intended ob- jects of our inquiries within these fpacious limits , we answer , MAN and NATURE ; whatever ...
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... word for an island , can- not be doubted ; but , when we are told from Europe , that places and provinces in India were clearly denominated from those words , we can- not but obferve , in the firft inftance , that the town , in which we ...
... word for an island , can- not be doubted ; but , when we are told from Europe , that places and provinces in India were clearly denominated from those words , we can- not but obferve , in the firft inftance , that the town , in which we ...
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... word to a celestial tree bearing ambrofial fruit , and adjoining to four vaft rocks , from which as many facred rivers derive their several ftreams . The inhabitants of this extenfive tract are de- fcribed by Mr. LORD with great ...
... word to a celestial tree bearing ambrofial fruit , and adjoining to four vaft rocks , from which as many facred rivers derive their several ftreams . The inhabitants of this extenfive tract are de- fcribed by Mr. LORD with great ...
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... word Déva fome- times prefixed , because they are believed to have been taught by the Divinity himself , who pre- scribed the artificial order of them in a voice from heaven . These letters , with no greater variation in their form by ...
... word Déva fome- times prefixed , because they are believed to have been taught by the Divinity himself , who pre- scribed the artificial order of them in a voice from heaven . These letters , with no greater variation in their form by ...
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... word Ser , which the Greeks applied to the filk - worm , fignified gold ; a sense , which it now bears in Tibet . That the Hindus were in early ages a commercial people , we have many reafons to believe ; and in the first of their ...
... word Ser , which the Greeks applied to the filk - worm , fignified gold ; a sense , which it now bears in Tibet . That the Hindus were in early ages a commercial people , we have many reafons to believe ; and in the first of their ...
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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.