The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1984 - 188 pages |
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... evidence , however , as I have procured by attentive reading and scrupulous in- quiries , I will now lay before you , interspersing fuch remarks as I could not but make on that evidence , and fubmitting the whole to your im . THE FIFTH ...
... evidence , however , as I have procured by attentive reading and scrupulous in- quiries , I will now lay before you , interspersing fuch remarks as I could not but make on that evidence , and fubmitting the whole to your im . THE FIFTH ...
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... evidence . By a few writers it has been urged , that the Chinese are an original race , who have dwelled for ages , if not from eternity , in the land , which they now poffefs ; by others , and chiefly by the miffionaries , it is ...
... evidence . By a few writers it has been urged , that the Chinese are an original race , who have dwelled for ages , if not from eternity , in the land , which they now poffefs ; by others , and chiefly by the miffionaries , it is ...
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... evidence and ftronger arguments , than any that he has adduced . The hierogly- phicks of Egypt bear , indeed , a strong refem- blance to the mythological sculptures and paint- ings of India 148 THE SEVENTH DISCOURSE ,
... evidence and ftronger arguments , than any that he has adduced . The hierogly- phicks of Egypt bear , indeed , a strong refem- blance to the mythological sculptures and paint- ings of India 148 THE SEVENTH DISCOURSE ,
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