The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1984 - 188 pages |
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Page 84
... common stock , we fhall probably learn from Mr. PALLAS , and other indefatigable men employed by the Ruffian court ; and it is from the Ruffians , that we must expect the most ac- curate information concerning their Afiatick fubjects ...
... common stock , we fhall probably learn from Mr. PALLAS , and other indefatigable men employed by the Ruffian court ; and it is from the Ruffians , that we must expect the most ac- curate information concerning their Afiatick fubjects ...
Page 148
... common origin with the old natives of India , as the affinity of their languages , and of their institutions , both religious and political , fully evinces ; but that China was peopled a few centuries before our era by a colony from the ...
... common origin with the old natives of India , as the affinity of their languages , and of their institutions , both religious and political , fully evinces ; but that China was peopled a few centuries before our era by a colony from the ...
Page 161
... common centre , from which it is highly proba- ble , that they diverged in various directions about four thousand years ago , I may seem to have accomplished my design of investigating the origin of the Afiatick nations ; but the ...
... common centre , from which it is highly proba- ble , that they diverged in various directions about four thousand years ago , I may seem to have accomplished my design of investigating the origin of the Afiatick nations ; but the ...
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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