Public Characters, 5. kötetR. Phillips, 1803 - 568 oldal |
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467. oldal
... Persian . What , indeed , can be more natural , than to pro- ceed , by such a gradation , from enquiries concerning the monuments of the history of the ancients , and the remains of their arts , to the study of their languages ? The ...
... Persian . What , indeed , can be more natural , than to pro- ceed , by such a gradation , from enquiries concerning the monuments of the history of the ancients , and the remains of their arts , to the study of their languages ? The ...
469. oldal
... Persian Miscellanies , in the year 1795 . PERSIA , a country later in the origin of its popula- lation , it may be , than Hindostan , Assyria , and Egypt , was , however , for as much as can be disco- vered from the monuments of ancient ...
... Persian Miscellanies , in the year 1795 . PERSIA , a country later in the origin of its popula- lation , it may be , than Hindostan , Assyria , and Egypt , was , however , for as much as can be disco- vered from the monuments of ancient ...
470. oldal
... Persians became proselytes to the law of Mahomet ; amidst the progress of the arts of luxury , the extension of trade , and the fluctuations of domi- nion ; that the Persian language has , gradually , be- come one of the most elegant ...
... Persians became proselytes to the law of Mahomet ; amidst the progress of the arts of luxury , the extension of trade , and the fluctuations of domi- nion ; that the Persian language has , gradually , be- come one of the most elegant ...
471. oldal
... Persian language was studied , with some success , even in the latter part of the seventeenth century , by the disciples of that seminary , in which Louis XIV . wished to form persons who should serve as interpreters in his em- bassies ...
... Persian language was studied , with some success , even in the latter part of the seventeenth century , by the disciples of that seminary , in which Louis XIV . wished to form persons who should serve as interpreters in his em- bassies ...
472. oldal
... Persia , as they are of the Greek , the Italian , or the German . Toward this use did Mr. Ouseley contribute his Persian Miscellanies . Of that work , it was the im- mediate object to facilitate to beginners the read- ing of manuscripts ...
... Persia , as they are of the Greek , the Italian , or the German . Toward this use did Mr. Ouseley contribute his Persian Miscellanies . Of that work , it was the im- mediate object to facilitate to beginners the read- ing of manuscripts ...
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