The Works of William Robertson: Historical disquisition concerning the knowledge which the ancients had of India, and the progress of trade with that country prior to the discovery of the passage to it by the cape of Good HopeCadell and Davies, 1812 - 499 páginas |
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... places , and cal- culated their longitude and latitude , a greater portion of mathematical knowledge was requi- fite , than my attention to other studies had per- mitted me to acquire . What I wanted , the friendship of my ingenious and ...
... places , and cal- culated their longitude and latitude , a greater portion of mathematical knowledge was requi- fite , than my attention to other studies had per- mitted me to acquire . What I wanted , the friendship of my ingenious and ...
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... place in In- dia . The Jews , then , we may conclude , have no title to be reckoned among the nations which carried on intercourfe with India by fea ; and if , from deference to the fentiments of fome respect- able authors , their claim ...
... place in In- dia . The Jews , then , we may conclude , have no title to be reckoned among the nations which carried on intercourfe with India by fea ; and if , from deference to the fentiments of fome respect- able authors , their claim ...
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... place where he embarked , to the Arabian Gulf . The ac- count which he gave of the populoufnefs , ferti- lity , and high cultivation of that region of India through which his courfe lay , rendered Darius impatient to become mafter of a ...
... place where he embarked , to the Arabian Gulf . The ac- count which he gave of the populoufnefs , ferti- lity , and high cultivation of that region of India through which his courfe lay , rendered Darius impatient to become mafter of a ...
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... places where they may be paffed with the greatest ease and fafety . In no place of the earth is this line of approach marked and de- fined more confpicuously , than on the northern frontier of India ; infomuch that the three great ...
... places where they may be paffed with the greatest ease and fafety . In no place of the earth is this line of approach marked and de- fined more confpicuously , than on the northern frontier of India ; infomuch that the three great ...
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... place , and probably with exaggerated defcription , how much the In- dus was inferior to the Ganges , and how far all that he had hitherto beheld was furpaffed in the happy regions through which that great river flows , it is not ...
... place , and probably with exaggerated defcription , how much the In- dus was inferior to the Ganges , and how far all that he had hitherto beheld was furpaffed in the happy regions through which that great river flows , it is not ...
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Página v - THE ANCIENTS HAD OF INDIA ; and the Progress of Trade with that Country prior to the Discovery of the Passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope.
Página 242 - As a man throweth away old garments, and putteth on new, even so the soul, having quitted its old mortal frames, entereth into others which are new. The weapon divideth it not, the fire burneth it not, the water corrupteth it not, the wind drieth it not away; for it is indivisible, inconsumable, incorruptible, and is not to be dried away: it is eternal, universal, permanent, immovable; it is invisible, inconceivable, and unalterable; therefore, believing it to be thus, thou shouldst not grieve.
Página 199 - The station of every individual is unalterably fixed; his destiny is irrevocable; and the walk of life is marked out, from which he must never deviate.
Página 60 - But it is a cruel mortification, in searching for what is instructive in the history of past times, to find that the exploits of conquerors who have desolated the earth, and the freaks of tyrants who have rendered nations unhappy, are recorded with minute and often disgusting accuracy, while the discovery of useful arts, and the progress of the most beneficial branches of commerce, are passed over in silence, and suffered to sink into oblivion.
Página 277 - Thou art the Father of all things animate and inanimate. Thou art the wise instructor of the whole, worthy to be adored. There is none like unto thee...
Página 246 - Let the motive be in the deed, and not in the event. Be not one whose motive for action is the hope of reward. Let not thy life be spent in inaction. Depend upon application, perform thy duty, abandon all thought of the consequence, and make the event equal, whether it terminate in good or in evil...
Página 221 - THESE stupendous works are of such high antiquity, that as the natives cannot, either from history or tradition, give any information concerning the time in which they were executed, they universally ascribe the formation of them to the power of superior beings. From the extent and grandeur of these subterraneous mansions, which intelligent travellers compare to the most celebrated monuments of human power and art...