The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1984 - 188 pages |
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Page 83
... letters to be invented for his nation by a Tibe- tian , whom he rewarded with the dignity of chief Lama . The small number of Eighúri let- ters might induce us to believe , that they were Zend or Pahlavi , which must have been current ...
... letters to be invented for his nation by a Tibe- tian , whom he rewarded with the dignity of chief Lama . The small number of Eighúri let- ters might induce us to believe , that they were Zend or Pahlavi , which must have been current ...
Page 122
... letters were a modern invention ; but he seemed to hear me without furprize , and infifted , that the letters , to which I alluded , and which he had often feen , were monumental characters never used in books , and intended either to ...
... letters were a modern invention ; but he seemed to hear me without furprize , and infifted , that the letters , to which I alluded , and which he had often feen , were monumental characters never used in books , and intended either to ...
Page 202
... letters , but formed a variety of dialects , as their tribes were variously rami- fied ; that , fecondly , the children of HAM , who founded in Iran itself the monarchy of the first Chaldeans , invented letters , obferved and named the ...
... letters , but formed a variety of dialects , as their tribes were variously rami- fied ; that , fecondly , the children of HAM , who founded in Iran itself the monarchy of the first Chaldeans , invented letters , obferved and named the ...
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