The Works of Sir William Jones: With the Life of the Author, Band 3J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 |
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... mountains , which formerly perhaps were a barrier against the violence of the fea , and beyond them the very interesting country of Tibet , and the vast regions of Tartary , from which , as from the Trojan horse of the poets , have ...
... mountains , which formerly perhaps were a barrier against the violence of the fea , and beyond them the very interesting country of Tibet , and the vast regions of Tartary , from which , as from the Trojan horse of the poets , have ...
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... mountain Mandara , was à learned phyfician . What their old books contain on this fubject , we ought certainly to difcover , and that without lofs of time ; left the venerable but abftrufe lan- guage , in which they are compofed ...
... mountain Mandara , was à learned phyfician . What their old books contain on this fubject , we ought certainly to difcover , and that without lofs of time ; left the venerable but abftrufe lan- guage , in which they are compofed ...
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... mountains , limited on the east by the Chinese part of the farther peninfula , con- fined on the north by the wilds of Tartary , and extending to the south as far as the ifles of Java . This trapezium , therefore , comprehends the ftu ...
... mountains , limited on the east by the Chinese part of the farther peninfula , con- fined on the north by the wilds of Tartary , and extending to the south as far as the ifles of Java . This trapezium , therefore , comprehends the ftu ...
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With the Life of the Author John Shore Baron Teignmouth. present the mountains of Himálaya as lying to the north , and , to the weft , those of Vindhya , called alfo Vindian by the Greeks ; beyond which the Sindhu runs in feveral ...
With the Life of the Author John Shore Baron Teignmouth. present the mountains of Himálaya as lying to the north , and , to the weft , those of Vindhya , called alfo Vindian by the Greeks ; beyond which the Sindhu runs in feveral ...
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... mountains and fertile valleys : thus , apart from the rest of mankind , this extraordinary people have retained their primitive manners and language , features and character , as long and as remarkably as the Hindus themselves . All the ...
... mountains and fertile valleys : thus , apart from the rest of mankind , this extraordinary people have retained their primitive manners and language , features and character , as long and as remarkably as the Hindus themselves . All the ...
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affert affured Afia Afiatick alfo almoſt alſo ancient appear Arabian Arabick Arabs arts becauſe believe beſt BRAHMA called characters China Chineſe cloſe compofitions confequently confider confiderable CRISHNA defcended defcribed Deity Devanagari dialects diftinct diphthong diſcover diſtinguiſhed divine Egypt eſpecially eſtabliſhed expreffed facred faid fame fecond feems feven fhall fhort fhould fimilar fimple fince FIRDAUSI firft firſt fome fource fpirit ftill fubject fublime fuch fuppofed fyftem fymbol Greeks himſelf Hindus hiſtory India Indian intereſting Iràn itſelf language laſt learned leaſt lefs letters moft Mongals moſt Mufelmans muft muſt myſelf nations natural obfervations occafion origin Perfian philofophers preſent preſerved pronounced purpoſe queſtion race racter raiſed reaſon religion repreſented reſearches reſemblance reſpect Sanfcrit ſcience Scythian ſeems ſeveral ſhall ſhort ſome ſtrong ſyſtem Tartars themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion tranflated univerfal uſed Véda verſes VISHNU vowel weft whofe whoſe word Yemen Zend
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Seite 34 - The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either; yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs, and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong, indeed, that no philologer could examine them all three without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists.
Seite 124 - Think not that they were adorers of fire ; for that element was only an exalted object, on the lustre of which they fixed their eyes ; they humbled themselves a whole week before God ; and if thy understanding be ever so little exerted, thou must acknowledge thy dependence on the Being supremely pure.
Seite 227 - The fundamental tenet of the Vedanti school consisted, not in denying the existence of matter, that is, of solidity, impenetrability, and extended figure, (to deny which would be lunacy) but in correcting the popular notion of it, and in contending, that it has no essence independent of mental perception, that existence and perceptibility are convertible terms...
Seite 323 - In seven days from the present time, O thou tamer of enemies, the three worlds will be plunged in an ocean of death ; but, in the midst of the destroying waves, a large vessel sent by me for thy use shall stand before thee. Then...
Seite xix - I here omit remarking, what may probably have attracted your observation as well as mine, the candour and complacency with which he gave his attention to all persons, of whatever quality, talents, or education : he justly concluded that curious or important information might be gained even from the illiterate ; and wherever it was to be obtained, he...
Seite 33 - ... names both for things and for actions; as it has happened in every country, that I can recollect, where the conquerors have not preserved their own tongue unmixed...
Seite 2 - I consoled myself with a hope, founded on opinions which it might have the appearance of flattery to mention, that, if in any country or community, such...
Seite iv - Italian, he fpoke and wrote with the greateft fluency and precifion ; and the German and Portuguefe were familiar to him. At an early period of life, his application to oriental literature commenced ; he...
Seite 374 - Varanes, mean only the powers of nature, and principally those of the Sun, expressed in a variety of ways, and by a multitude of fanciful names.
Seite 235 - ... perceived in heavenly or in terrestrial bodies: it is a disposition to be attracted which taught hard steel to rush from its place and rivet itself on the magnet : it is the same disposition which impels the light straw to attach itself firmly on amber: it is this quality which gives every substance in nature a tendency toward another, and an inclination forcibly directed to a determinate point.