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William Robertson. I. munication with that country , under the guid- SECT . ance of authors who recorded events nearer to their own times , and with respect to which they had received more full and accurate intelligence . THE first ...
William Robertson. I. munication with that country , under the guid- SECT . ance of authors who recorded events nearer to their own times , and with respect to which they had received more full and accurate intelligence . THE first ...
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... , and now by that of the Setlege , to which Alexander never approached nearer than the southern bank d Arrian , v . c . 24 , 25 . See NOTE V. SECT . of the Hyphasis , where he erected twelve C CONCERNING ANCIENT INDIA . 17.
... , and now by that of the Setlege , to which Alexander never approached nearer than the southern bank d Arrian , v . c . 24 , 25 . See NOTE V. SECT . of the Hyphasis , where he erected twelve C CONCERNING ANCIENT INDIA . 17.
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William Robertson. SECT . of the Hyphasis , where he erected twelve stu- I. pendous altars , which he intended as a monu- ment of his exploits , and which ( if we may be- lieve the biographer of Apollonius Tyanæus ) were still remaining ...
William Robertson. SECT . of the Hyphasis , where he erected twelve stu- I. pendous altars , which he intended as a monu- ment of his exploits , and which ( if we may be- lieve the biographer of Apollonius Tyanæus ) were still remaining ...
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William Robertson. I. Indus to the ocean , and from its mouth to SECT . proceed to the Persian Gulf , that a communi- cation by sea might be opened with ... SECT . and when we attend to the various movements c 2 CONCERNING ANCIENT INDIA . 19.
William Robertson. I. Indus to the ocean , and from its mouth to SECT . proceed to the Persian Gulf , that a communi- cation by sea might be opened with ... SECT . and when we attend to the various movements c 2 CONCERNING ANCIENT INDIA . 19.
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William Robertson. SECT . and when we attend to the various movements I. of his troops , the number of cities which they took , and the different states which they subdued , he may be said not only to have viewed , but to have explored ...
William Robertson. SECT . and when we attend to the various movements I. of his troops , the number of cities which they took , and the different states which they subdued , he may be said not only to have viewed , but to have explored ...
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accuracy acquired æra Alexander Alexandria ancient appear Arabian Gulf Arrian arts Asia attention authors Bactria Brahmins Cape Cape Comorin caravans carried Caspian Caspian sea China circumstances cities coast commerce commodities concerning conquests considerable Constantinople conveyed Coromandel coast course D'Anville degree Disquisition dominion earth East Egypt empire established Europe Europeans extensive formed Ganges geography Greek Herodotus Hindoos Hist hundred idea Indostan Indus inhabitants intercourse with India island Jogue kingdom knowledge known labour land Mahomedans Malabar Malabar coast manner Megasthenes ment mentioned merchants mode modern monarchs nations natives nature navigation Nearchus NOTE observed ocean opinion opulence Pagodas Persian Persian Gulf places Pliny ports Portuguese possession productions progress provinces Ptolemy religion rendered respect river Romans S E C sailed Sanskreet Scylax SECT silk Strabo Syria thousand tion trade with India various Venetians visited voyage writers
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Página 177 - From that time, like everything else which falls into the hands of the Mussulman, it has been going to ruin, and the discovery of the passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope gave the deathblow to its commercial greatness.
Página 351 - ... the affairs of this empire in equity and firm security for the space of fifty-two years, preserving every tribe of men in ease and happiness; whether they were followers of Jesus, or of Moses, of David, or...
Página 352 - In your temples, to His name the voice is raised in prayer ; in a house of images, where the bell is shaken, still He is the object of adoration. To vilify the religion or customs of other men, is to set at naught the pleasure of the Almighty.
Página 357 - Veeshnoo-Sarma, in a Series of connected Fables, interspersed with moral, prudential, and political Maxims; translated from an ancient Manuscript in the Sanskreet Language, with explanatory Notes, by Charles Wilkins.
Página 225 - Thy tears, my child, ill suit the occasion ; we shall all meet again ; be firm ; see the direct road before thee, and follow it. When the big tear lurks beneath thy beautiful eyelashes, let thy resolution check its first efforts to disengage itself. In thy passage over this earth, where the paths are now high, now low, and the true path seldom distinguished, the traces of thy feet must needs be unequal ; but virtue will press thee right onward a.
Página x - From the raft or canoe, which first served to carry a savage over the river that obstructed him in the chase, to the construction of a vessel capable of conveying a numerous crew with safety to a distant coast, the progress in improvement is immense.
Página 250 - Fasts, mortifications, and penances, all rigid, and many of them excruciating to an extreme degree, were the means employed to appease the wrath of their gods, and the Mexicans never approached their altars without sprinkling them with blood drawn from their own bodies.
Página 188 - Nor is it between the four different tribes alone that such insuperable barriers are fixed ; the members of each cast adhere invariably to the profession of their forefathers. From generation to generation, the same families have followed, and will always continue to follow, one uniform line of life.
Página 2 - India by sea ; and if, from deference to* the sentiments of some respectable authors, their claim were to be admitted, we know with certainty, that the commercial effort which they made in the reign of Solomon was merely a transient one, and that they quickly returned to their former state of unsocial seclusion from the rest of mankind.
Página 356 - Greek ; and those not in technical and metaphorical terms, which the mutuation of refined arts and improved manners might have occasionally introduced, but in the groundwork of language, in monosyllables, in the names of numbers, and the appellations of such things as would be first discriminated on the immediate dawn of civilization.