The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1984 - 188 pages |
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... nations in the world Ethiopians , thus ufing Indian and Ethiop as convertible terms : but we must leave the ... nation , who were not either Arabs or Abyffinian invaders . Between that country and Irán are fome islands , which , from ...
... nations in the world Ethiopians , thus ufing Indian and Ethiop as convertible terms : but we must leave the ... nation , who were not either Arabs or Abyffinian invaders . Between that country and Irán are fome islands , which , from ...
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William Jones. DISCOURSE THE NINTH . ON THE ORIGIN AND FAMILIES OF NATIONS . DELIVERED 23 FEBRUARY , 1792 , BY THE PRESIDENT . YOU have attended , gentlemen , with so much indulgence to my difcourfes on the five Afiatick nations , and on ...
William Jones. DISCOURSE THE NINTH . ON THE ORIGIN AND FAMILIES OF NATIONS . DELIVERED 23 FEBRUARY , 1792 , BY THE PRESIDENT . YOU have attended , gentlemen , with so much indulgence to my difcourfes on the five Afiatick nations , and on ...
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... nations of Syria and Phenice ; that , laftly , from all the three families were detached many bold adventurers of an ... nations , who have peopled Afia , and of whom there were VOL . I. e confiderable remains in their feveral countries ...
... nations of Syria and Phenice ; that , laftly , from all the three families were detached many bold adventurers of an ... nations , who have peopled Afia , and of whom there were VOL . I. e confiderable remains in their feveral countries ...
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