The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1984 - 188 pages |
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Page 93
... whose story even HERODOTUS gave no credit , I lament , for many reasons , that , if ever they exist- ed , they have not been preserved : it is certain , that a system of laws , called Yáfác , has been celebrated in Tartary fince the ...
... whose story even HERODOTUS gave no credit , I lament , for many reasons , that , if ever they exist- ed , they have not been preserved : it is certain , that a system of laws , called Yáfác , has been celebrated in Tartary fince the ...
Page 153
... whose father was preserved in a miraculous ark from an univerfal deluge : now , although I can- not infist with confidence , that the rain - bow in the Chinese fable alludes to the Mofaick narrative of the flood , nor build any folid ...
... whose father was preserved in a miraculous ark from an univerfal deluge : now , although I can- not infist with confidence , that the rain - bow in the Chinese fable alludes to the Mofaick narrative of the flood , nor build any folid ...
Page 42
... a place in any mythological fyftem ; and , in regard to BACCHUS , the God of Vintage ( between whose acts and those of JUPITER we find , as BACON , 11 . VARUNA वरुणी बासामहम् pa.301 . obferves , a 360 ON THE GODS OF GREECE ,
... a place in any mythological fyftem ; and , in regard to BACCHUS , the God of Vintage ( between whose acts and those of JUPITER we find , as BACON , 11 . VARUNA वरुणी बासामहम् pa.301 . obferves , a 360 ON THE GODS OF GREECE ,
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