The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1984 - 188 pages |
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Page 93
... concerning whom we know as little as of the Scythian DEU- CALION , or of ABARIS the Hyperborean , and to whose story even HERODOTUS gave no credit , I lament , for many reasons , that , if ever they exist- ed , they have not been ...
... concerning whom we know as little as of the Scythian DEU- CALION , or of ABARIS the Hyperborean , and to whose story even HERODOTUS gave no credit , I lament , for many reasons , that , if ever they exist- ed , they have not been ...
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... concerning the manners and con- duct of our species in early times , or indeed at any time , are always curious at least and amus- ing ; but they are highly interefting to such , as can fay of themselves with CHREMES in the play , " We ...
... concerning the manners and con- duct of our species in early times , or indeed at any time , are always curious at least and amus- ing ; but they are highly interefting to such , as can fay of themselves with CHREMES in the play , " We ...
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... concerning India , no mortal knows : and what the learned of Vá- ránes have afferted , if any thing , concerning Egypt , can give us little fatisfaction : fuch cir- cumstantial evidence on this question as I have been able to collect ...
... concerning India , no mortal knows : and what the learned of Vá- ránes have afferted , if any thing , concerning Egypt , can give us little fatisfaction : fuch cir- cumstantial evidence on this question as I have been able to collect ...
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