The British Critic, and Quarterly Theological Review, Volume 1F. and C. Rivington, 1793 |
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... feems to have the fpirit of Columbus in seeking this new world . Mr. Douglas , author of the Nenia Britannica , † has gone into the fubject of antiquities , to be found in the various barrows in this country , with a degree of dili ...
... feems to have the fpirit of Columbus in seeking this new world . Mr. Douglas , author of the Nenia Britannica , † has gone into the fubject of antiquities , to be found in the various barrows in this country , with a degree of dili ...
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... feems unneceffary , for entering at great length into the astronomical fpeculations of the Oriental world , Mr .. Maurice presents the following fatisfactory justification of his- motives : " I have I have entered farther into thefe ...
... feems unneceffary , for entering at great length into the astronomical fpeculations of the Oriental world , Mr .. Maurice presents the following fatisfactory justification of his- motives : " I have I have entered farther into thefe ...
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... feems was PORAVA . Adam may be traced to the Sanfcreet root ADIM , the firft ; in the prophetic and regal title of MENU of India , may be recognized the patriarch NOAH ; BALI , the great Indian hero , is no other than BELUS . - P . 23 ...
... feems was PORAVA . Adam may be traced to the Sanfcreet root ADIM , the firft ; in the prophetic and regal title of MENU of India , may be recognized the patriarch NOAH ; BALI , the great Indian hero , is no other than BELUS . - P . 23 ...
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... feems that it could only have been carried by a coup de main , which unluckily failed . On the 2d of the fame month another inftance of ill fuccefs happened to us , the relief of Coimbetore having been prevented , that garrison was ...
... feems that it could only have been carried by a coup de main , which unluckily failed . On the 2d of the fame month another inftance of ill fuccefs happened to us , the relief of Coimbetore having been prevented , that garrison was ...
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... feems now in a fair way of being effectually removed . Mr. Haftings led the way , by his patronage of Mr. Wilkins and Mr. Halhed . Sir William Jones , with that unremitting zeal which characterizes real genius , has fince brought to ...
... feems now in a fair way of being effectually removed . Mr. Haftings led the way , by his patronage of Mr. Wilkins and Mr. Halhed . Sir William Jones , with that unremitting zeal which characterizes real genius , has fince brought to ...
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