Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records of Time, to the General Peace of 1801, Volumen9Isaac Collins and sons, 1804 |
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Página 303 - Of the religious opinions, entertained by Confucius and his followers, we may glean a general notion from the fragments of their works translated by Couplet : they professed a firm belief in the supreme God, and gave a demonstration of his being and...
Página 304 - who will be fully persuaded that the Lord of Heaven governs the universe, who shall in all things choose moderation, who shall perfectly know his own species, and so act among them that his life and manners may conform to his knowledge of God and man, may be truly said to discharge all the duties of a sage, and to be far exalted above the common herd of the human race.
Página 129 - Arabic, and all its sister dialects, abhor the composition of words, and invariably express very complex ideas by circumlocution : so that if a compound word be found in any genuine language of the Arabian peninsula, it may at once be pronounced an exotic.
Página 130 - Koran originally appeared in those of Cufah, from which the modern Arabian letters, with all their elegant variations, were derived, and which unquestionably had a common origin with the Hebrew or Chaldaic...
Página 129 - ... of its phrases; but it is equally true and wonderful, that it bears not the least resemblance, either in words or the structure of them, to the Sanscrit...
Página 129 - Arabick * lan" guage is unquestionably one of the most an" cient in the world, so it yields to none ever " spoken by mortals in the number of its words, " and the precision of its phrases...
Página 29 - Apollo, of pure gold and most curious workmanship; and a pair of gaming tables of two precious stones, three feet broad, and four feet long, on which was a moon of gold weighing thirty pounds, with their men.
Página 302 - ... been separated near four thousand years, have retained few strong features of their ancient consanguinity, especially as the Hindus have preserved their old language and ritual, while the Chinese very soon lost both; and the Hindus have constantly intermarried among themselves, while the Chinese, by a mixture of Tartarian blood from the time of their first establishment, have at length formed a race distinct in appearance both from Indians and Tartars.
Página 65 - It was seized by Pasines, the son of Sogdonacus, king of the neighbouring Arabs, during the troubles of Syria, and erected into a kingdom. Lucían calls...