The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1984 - 188 pages |
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Page 56
... perhaps induce an Etymologist to derive the Arabs of Yemen from the great ancestor of the Indians ; but we must obferve , that Himyar is the proper appellation of thofe Arabs ; and many reafons concur to prove , that the word is purely ...
... perhaps induce an Etymologist to derive the Arabs of Yemen from the great ancestor of the Indians ; but we must obferve , that Himyar is the proper appellation of thofe Arabs ; and many reafons concur to prove , that the word is purely ...
Page 87
... perhaps , be thought equally fhallow , if not inconfiftent in fome degree with itself . · An ' adoration of the fun and of fire , says he , muft neceffarily have arifen in a cold region : there- ' fore , it must have been foreign to ...
... perhaps , be thought equally fhallow , if not inconfiftent in fome degree with itself . · An ' adoration of the fun and of fire , says he , muft neceffarily have arifen in a cold region : there- ' fore , it must have been foreign to ...
Page 127
... perhaps the new fyftem of national faith , which HU'SHANG , whofe name it bears , completed ; but the reformation was partial ; for , while they rejected the complex polytheism of their pre- deceffors , they retained the laws of MAHA'BA ...
... perhaps the new fyftem of national faith , which HU'SHANG , whofe name it bears , completed ; but the reformation was partial ; for , while they rejected the complex polytheism of their pre- deceffors , they retained the laws of MAHA'BA ...
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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