The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1984 - 188 pages |
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Page 181
... whole affure you , that the learned works of SELDEN and JAB- LONSKI , on the Gods of Syria and Egypt , would receive more illustration from the little Sanscrit book , entitled Chandì , than from all the fragments of oriental mythology ...
... whole affure you , that the learned works of SELDEN and JAB- LONSKI , on the Gods of Syria and Egypt , would receive more illustration from the little Sanscrit book , entitled Chandì , than from all the fragments of oriental mythology ...
Page 193
... whole race of man , except four pairs ; an historical fact admitted as true by every nation , to whose li- terature we have accefs , and particularly by the ancient Hindus , who have allotted an entire Pu- rána to the detail of that ...
... whole race of man , except four pairs ; an historical fact admitted as true by every nation , to whose li- terature we have accefs , and particularly by the ancient Hindus , who have allotted an entire Pu- rána to the detail of that ...
Page 203
... whole Arabian peninsula , preffing clofe on the nations of Syria and Phenice ; that , laftly , from all the three families were detached many bold adventurers of an ardent spirit and a roving difpofition , who difdained fubordination ...
... whole Arabian peninsula , preffing clofe on the nations of Syria and Phenice ; that , laftly , from all the three families were detached many bold adventurers of an ardent spirit and a roving difpofition , who difdained fubordination ...
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