The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1984 - 188 pages |
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Page 81
... Egypt , can give us little fatisfaction : fuch cir- cumstantial evidence on this question as I have been able to collect , fhall nevertheless be stated ; because , unsatisfactory as it is , there may be fomething in it not wholly ...
... Egypt , can give us little fatisfaction : fuch cir- cumstantial evidence on this question as I have been able to collect , fhall nevertheless be stated ; because , unsatisfactory as it is , there may be fomething in it not wholly ...
Page 82
... Egypt bore among the Hindus , he said Misr , but obferved , that they fometimes confounded it with Abyffinia . I ... Egyptian priests , who " fettled in Tirút . " I fufpected immediately , that his intelligence flowed from the Mufelmans ...
... Egypt bore among the Hindus , he said Misr , but obferved , that they fometimes confounded it with Abyffinia . I ... Egyptian priests , who " fettled in Tirút . " I fufpected immediately , that his intelligence flowed from the Mufelmans ...
Page 85
... Egypt , India , Greece , and Italy , long before they migrated to their several settlements , and confequently before the birth of MOSES ; but the proof of this propofition will in no de- gree affect the truth and fanctity of the ...
... Egypt , India , Greece , and Italy , long before they migrated to their several settlements , and confequently before the birth of MOSES ; but the proof of this propofition will in no de- gree affect the truth and fanctity of the ...
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