The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1984 - 188 pages |
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Page 56
... prove , that the word is purely Arabick : the fimilarity of fome proper names on the borders of India to those of Arabia , as the river Arabius , a place called Araba , a people named Aribes or Arabies , and another called Sabai , is ...
... prove , that the word is purely Arabick : the fimilarity of fome proper names on the borders of India to those of Arabia , as the river Arabius , a place called Araba , a people named Aribes or Arabies , and another called Sabai , is ...
Page 65
... prove all that our analysis requires , namely , that the Arabs , both of Hejaz and Yemen , sprang from a stock entirely different from that of the Hindus , and that their first esta- blishments in the respective countries , where we now ...
... prove all that our analysis requires , namely , that the Arabs , both of Hejaz and Yemen , sprang from a stock entirely different from that of the Hindus , and that their first esta- blishments in the respective countries , where we now ...
Page 111
... occafion it is impoffible to prove ; for I should ill deserve your indulgent attention , if I were to abuse it by repeating a dry list of detached words , and prefenting you with a vocabulary instead of a differtation ON THE PERSIANS . 111.
... occafion it is impoffible to prove ; for I should ill deserve your indulgent attention , if I were to abuse it by repeating a dry list of detached words , and prefenting you with a vocabulary instead of a differtation ON THE PERSIANS . 111.
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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