A Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations: Originally Prefixed to a Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and EnglishPrinted at the Clarendon Press, 1778 - 288 Seiten |
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... least fimilitude to the inscriptions ftill discernible on the an- cient ruins of Persepolis . IN fupport of Chardin's general idea , I shall make a few observations on M. Anquetil's Zend Avefta . In the firft place , The number of ...
... least fimilitude to the inscriptions ftill discernible on the an- cient ruins of Persepolis . IN fupport of Chardin's general idea , I shall make a few observations on M. Anquetil's Zend Avefta . In the firft place , The number of ...
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... least , in Europe : yet enough exifts , to give us a very high opi- nion of the genius of the Eaft . In taste they are undoubtedly inferior to the Greeks , to the Romans , and to the best writers of mo- dern Europe ; but , in invention ...
... least , in Europe : yet enough exifts , to give us a very high opi- nion of the genius of the Eaft . In taste they are undoubtedly inferior to the Greeks , to the Romans , and to the best writers of mo- dern Europe ; but , in invention ...
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... least opprobri- ous idea . Strangers are carelessly asked whe ther they are traders or pirates ; and the dif covery of either character does not seem to heighten or diminish that respect or degree of hofpitality which the manners of the ...
... least opprobri- ous idea . Strangers are carelessly asked whe ther they are traders or pirates ; and the dif covery of either character does not seem to heighten or diminish that respect or degree of hofpitality which the manners of the ...
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... least refemblance to truth , must have been too well known in Perfia ; and made too deep an im- preffion upon the minds of each fucceffive ge- neration , ever to have been totally eradicated . I fhall now proceed to trace the great ...
... least refemblance to truth , must have been too well known in Perfia ; and made too deep an im- preffion upon the minds of each fucceffive ge- neration , ever to have been totally eradicated . I fhall now proceed to trace the great ...
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... a different plan . They took part of one , part of another , threw in conjecture with a liberal hand ; and formed from the whole an hypothefis , which might give an author fome flight air at least of con- 86 DISSERTATION .
... a different plan . They took part of one , part of another , threw in conjecture with a liberal hand ; and formed from the whole an hypothefis , which might give an author fome flight air at least of con- 86 DISSERTATION .
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Abydenus Afia Afiatic againſt alfo almoſt alſo amongſt ancient appear Arabians Arabic Arabic languages Artaxerxes Mnemon becauſe Berofus Bryant called chronology circumftances confequence confidered cuſtom Cuthites D'Herbelot Darab Darius dialects diſcovered diſtinction dynaſty Eaft Eaſt Eaſtern empire eſtabliſhed Europe faid fame fays feems fenfe fent fhall fignifies fimilar fingular firft firſt flave fome foon ftate ftill fubjects fuch fuperior fuppofed fupport furniſh fyftem greateſt Grecian Greece Greeks Hebrew Herodotus hiftorians himſelf hiſtory houſe impoffible Jengiz Khan Khalif language leaft learned author learned gentleman leaſt moft Mohammed moſt muft muſt Mythology neral Noah Oannes obferved occafion origin Perfian perfon poffibly prefent prince reaſon reign reſemblance reſpect Scythians SECT ſeems Septuagint ſhall ſhould Simurgh ſome ſtate ſtill ſuch Sultan ſuppoſed Syria ſyſtem Tahmuras Tamerlane Tartar themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion tranflated uſed Vizir Weft whilft whofe whoſe wiſh words writers Xerxes
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Seite 412 - Therefore is the name of it called Babel ; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth : and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Seite 303 - Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
Seite 306 - Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, the Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth ; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Seite 435 - Look ye, gentlemen, cries Peter in a rage, to convince you what a couple of blind, positive, ignorant, wilful puppies you are, I will use but this plain argument; by G — , it is true, good, natural mutton as any in Leadenhall market ; and G — confound you both eternally, if you offer to believe otherwise.
Seite 422 - All this, he says, was an allegorical description of nature. For the whole universe consisting of moisture, and animals being continually generated therein; the deity...
Seite 422 - Pluto, divided the darkness, and separated the heavens from the earth, and reduced the universe to order. But the animals so recently created, not being able to bear the prevalence of light, died.
Seite 421 - They had one body but two heads: the one that of a man, the other of a woman: and likewise in their several organs both male and female. Other human figures were to be seen with the legs and horns of goats: some had horses...
Seite 54 - Numerous as the fands on the more," is an idea which, in all times, has been annexed to defeated armies : and the Grecian writers, to dignify their country, may have turned the hyperbole into hiftoric fact ; and fwelled the Thoufands of the Perfian Satrap into the Millions of the Perfian King.
Seite 382 - But they had efcaped better, if ,the moft fafhionable of the French poets had not, at the fame time, been their beft critic. A LUCKY word in a verfe, which founds well and every body gets by heart, goes further than a volume of juft...
Seite 293 - which they had neither feen, nor heard, nor received " upon the authority of another perfon : proceeding " merely upon this principle, that they fhould be moil " likely to pleafe people's fancy, by having recourfe to