The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1984 - 188 pages |
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Page 56
... those letters bear a strong resemblance to the Nágarì , and if a story current in India be true , that some Hindu merchants heard the Sanfcrit language spoken in Arabia the Happy , we might be con- firmed in our opinion , that an ...
... those letters bear a strong resemblance to the Nágarì , and if a story current in India be true , that some Hindu merchants heard the Sanfcrit language spoken in Arabia the Happy , we might be con- firmed in our opinion , that an ...
Page 161
... those extensive regions . To this exa- mination I fhall , at our next annual meeting , allot an entire discourse ; and if , after all our in- quiries , no more than three primitive races can be found , it will be a fubfequent ...
... those extensive regions . To this exa- mination I fhall , at our next annual meeting , allot an entire discourse ; and if , after all our in- quiries , no more than three primitive races can be found , it will be a fubfequent ...
Page 187
... those , who deny maxims , we cannot difpute ; but it is vain and fuperfluous to do by many means what may be done by fewer , and this is another axiom received into courts of judicature from the schools of philofophers : we must not ...
... those , who deny maxims , we cannot difpute ; but it is vain and fuperfluous to do by many means what may be done by fewer , and this is another axiom received into courts of judicature from the schools of philofophers : we must not ...
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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