The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1984 - 188 pages |
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Page 87
... travelled in winter through Babar , or has even paffed a cold feafon at Calcutta within the tropick , can doubt that the folar warmth is often defirable by all , and might have been confidered as adorable by the ignorant , in these ...
... travelled in winter through Babar , or has even paffed a cold feafon at Calcutta within the tropick , can doubt that the folar warmth is often defirable by all , and might have been confidered as adorable by the ignorant , in these ...
Page 128
... travelled into India , that he might receive information from the Brábmans in theo- logy and ethicks . It is barely poffible , that Py- THAGORAS knew him in the capital of Irak ; but the Grecian fage must then have been far advanced in ...
... travelled into India , that he might receive information from the Brábmans in theo- logy and ethicks . It is barely poffible , that Py- THAGORAS knew him in the capital of Irak ; but the Grecian fage must then have been far advanced in ...
Page 180
... travelled round the continent , and among the islands , of Afia , we come again to the coaft of the Mediterranean ; and the prin- cipal nations of antiquity , who first demand our attention , are the Grecks and Phrygians , who , though ...
... travelled round the continent , and among the islands , of Afia , we come again to the coaft of the Mediterranean ; and the prin- cipal nations of antiquity , who first demand our attention , are the Grecks and Phrygians , who , though ...
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