Chambers's Information for the People, 2. kötetWilliam Chambers, Robert Chambers J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1867 |
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23. oldal
... million seem to be expressing four ideas , each having a separate word in names of vast aggregates . The Greek for thousand is English . The Greek for thousand is English . It is still , in many cases , possible to trace each derived ...
... million seem to be expressing four ideas , each having a separate word in names of vast aggregates . The Greek for thousand is English . The Greek for thousand is English . It is still , in many cases , possible to trace each derived ...
68. oldal
... millions within its grasp for ages in the extreme east of Asia , the Caucasian , as if the seeds of the world's progress had been implanted in it , has worked out for itself a splendid career on an ever - shifting theatre . Originating ...
... millions within its grasp for ages in the extreme east of Asia , the Caucasian , as if the seeds of the world's progress had been implanted in it , has worked out for itself a splendid career on an ever - shifting theatre . Originating ...
69. oldal
... millions of gods to which Hindoos think themselves entitled to pay divine honours . The number of Hindoo gods is calculated at 330,000,000 , or about three times the number of their worshippers . estimated at 1,300,000 square miles ...
... millions of gods to which Hindoos think themselves entitled to pay divine honours . The number of Hindoo gods is calculated at 330,000,000 , or about three times the number of their worshippers . estimated at 1,300,000 square miles ...
70. oldal
... millions of people professing this system , divided into castes as now , and carrying the Brahminical ritual into all the occupations of lazy life under the hot sun , and amid the exuberant vegetation of Hindostan --such was the people ...
... millions of people professing this system , divided into castes as now , and carrying the Brahminical ritual into all the occupations of lazy life under the hot sun , and amid the exuberant vegetation of Hindostan --such was the people ...
82. oldal
... million English acres . This people were united , likewise , by a community of religion and literature . They worshipped the same gods , and held sacred the same localities . They had a common stock of legends , maxims , and metaphors ...
... million English acres . This people were united , likewise , by a community of religion and literature . They worshipped the same gods , and held sacred the same localities . They had a common stock of legends , maxims , and metaphors ...
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