The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1984 - 188 pages |
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Page 87
... says he , muft neceffarily have arifen in a cold region : there- ' fore , it must have been foreign to India , Per- ' fia , Arabia ; therefore , it must have been de- ' rived from Tartary . ' No man , I believe , who has travelled in ...
... says he , muft neceffarily have arifen in a cold region : there- ' fore , it must have been foreign to India , Per- ' fia , Arabia ; therefore , it must have been de- ' rived from Tartary . ' No man , I believe , who has travelled in ...
Page 156
... says , a strong resemblance between the funeral rites of the Chinese and the Sráddha of the Hindus : and M. BAILLY , after a learned investigation , concludes , that " Even the puerile and abfurd " stories of the Chinese fabulifts ...
... says , a strong resemblance between the funeral rites of the Chinese and the Sráddha of the Hindus : and M. BAILLY , after a learned investigation , concludes , that " Even the puerile and abfurd " stories of the Chinese fabulifts ...
Page 187
... says our great NEWTON , admit more caufes of natural things , than thofe , which are true , and fufficiently account for natural phenomena ; but it is true , that one pair at least of every living fpecies muft at firft have been created ...
... says our great NEWTON , admit more caufes of natural things , than thofe , which are true , and fufficiently account for natural phenomena ; but it is true , that one pair at least of every living fpecies muft at firft have been created ...
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