The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1984 - 188 pages |
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Page 81
... Tartars , prefents us with a de- plorable void , or with a prospect as barren and dreary as that of their deferts . The Tartars , in general , had no literature : ( in this point all au- thorities appear to concur ) the Turcs had no let ...
... Tartars , prefents us with a de- plorable void , or with a prospect as barren and dreary as that of their deferts . The Tartars , in general , had no literature : ( in this point all au- thorities appear to concur ) the Turcs had no let ...
Page 89
... Tartars of that age are represented as adorers of the four elements , and believers in an invifible spirit , to whom they sacrificed bulls and rams . Modern travellers relate ... Tartars ; and we might as well infer ON THE TARTARS . 89.
... Tartars of that age are represented as adorers of the four elements , and believers in an invifible spirit , to whom they sacrificed bulls and rams . Modern travellers relate ... Tartars ; and we might as well infer ON THE TARTARS . 89.
Page 91
... Tartars to have adored the Sun with more reafon than any fouthern people , without admitting them to have been the fole original inventors of that univerfal folly we may even doubt the originality of their veneration for the four ...
... Tartars to have adored the Sun with more reafon than any fouthern people , without admitting them to have been the fole original inventors of that univerfal folly we may even doubt the originality of their veneration for the four ...
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adoration affert affured Afia Afiatick almoſt alſo ancient Arabian Arabick Arabs beautiful becauſe believe BRAHMA called China Chineſe cloſe confequently confiderable confidered CRISHNA defcendants defire Deity deſcribed Devanagari dialect diftinct diſcover diſtinguiſhed divine eaſtern Egypt eſpecially eſtabliſhed exiſtence facred faid fame fecond feems feven fhall fimilar fince firft firſt fome fource fublime fuch fuppofe fupport fyftem fymbolical Greeks himſelf Hindus hiſtory Imaus India Indian INDRA Iràn iſlands itſelf language laſt learned leaſt leſs letters MENU moft Mongals moſt mountains muft muſt nations obferved occafion Perfian philofophers poems poets praiſe preferved preſent purpoſe queſtion race racter raiſed reaſon religion repreſented reſemblance Sabian Sanfcrit ſcience Scythian ſeems ſeparate ſeveral ſhall ſhould SIVA ſome ſpirit ſpoken ſtate ſtory ſubject ſuch ſuppoſed ſyſtem Tartarian Tartars themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion tranflated univerſe uſed Véda's Védas verſes VISHNU weft whofe whoſe word worſhip Yemen Zend