The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1984 - 188 pages |
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Page 123
... character , in which the Zendaveftà was copied ; and both were written from the right hand to the left like other Chaldaick alphabets ; for they are manifeftly both of Chaldean origin ; but the Zend has the fingular advantage of ex ...
... character , in which the Zendaveftà was copied ; and both were written from the right hand to the left like other Chaldaick alphabets ; for they are manifeftly both of Chaldean origin ; but the Zend has the fingular advantage of ex ...
Page 124
... characters in question be really alphabetical , they were probably secret and facerdotal , or a mere cypher , perhaps , of which the priests only had the key . They might , I imagine , be decyphered , if the language were certainly ...
... characters in question be really alphabetical , they were probably secret and facerdotal , or a mere cypher , perhaps , of which the priests only had the key . They might , I imagine , be decyphered , if the language were certainly ...
Page 149
... characters of their wifer ancestors . As to the table and bufts of Isis , they feem to be given up as modern forgeries ; but , if they were indifputably genuine , they would be nothing to the purpose ... character of the ON THE CHINESE . 149.
... characters of their wifer ancestors . As to the table and bufts of Isis , they feem to be given up as modern forgeries ; but , if they were indifputably genuine , they would be nothing to the purpose ... character of the ON THE CHINESE . 149.
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