Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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Page 131
... reason of which figure , says Tacitus , we are left in the dark ; but the reason appears too plainly in the temples and paintings of Hindustan , * See p . 103 , supra . + One of the names of Juno , who , in that character , was supposed ...
... reason of which figure , says Tacitus , we are left in the dark ; but the reason appears too plainly in the temples and paintings of Hindustan , * See p . 103 , supra . + One of the names of Juno , who , in that character , was supposed ...
Page 133
... reasons for supposing Carti- ceya to be " the Orus of Egypt , and the Mars of Italy . " Many suppose the Orus of Egypt to be the same as the Eros of the Greeks , or Cupid of the Romans . Other learned mythologists consider him as the ...
... reasons for supposing Carti- ceya to be " the Orus of Egypt , and the Mars of Italy . " Many suppose the Orus of Egypt to be the same as the Eros of the Greeks , or Cupid of the Romans . Other learned mythologists consider him as the ...
Page 138
... reason appears why two nations should concur in sup- posing that deity to be a female . One , at least , of them would be more likely to ima- gine that the earth was a goddess , and that the god of abundance rendered her fertile ...
... reason appears why two nations should concur in sup- posing that deity to be a female . One , at least , of them would be more likely to ima- gine that the earth was a goddess , and that the god of abundance rendered her fertile ...
Page 155
... reason assigned by him who made the ordinance , it certainly gives strength to Dr. Smith's supposition , and confirms the opinion entertained of Pythagoras having borrowed many of his * Botanical Magazine , vol . xxiii . pl . 903 ...
... reason assigned by him who made the ordinance , it certainly gives strength to Dr. Smith's supposition , and confirms the opinion entertained of Pythagoras having borrowed many of his * Botanical Magazine , vol . xxiii . pl . 903 ...
Page 178
... reason . Pliny very gravely reports , that on the day when Augustus nar- rowly escaped from being killed in a mutiny , it was recollected that he had put on the left shoe before the right . " Divus Augustus laevum prodidit sibi calceum ...
... reason . Pliny very gravely reports , that on the day when Augustus nar- rowly escaped from being killed in a mutiny , it was recollected that he had put on the left shoe before the right . " Divus Augustus laevum prodidit sibi calceum ...
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