Prospectus of a Dictionary of the Language of the Aire Coti, Or, Ancient Irish, Compared with the Language of the Cuti, Or Ancient Persians, with the Hindoostanee, the Arabic, and Chaldean LanguagesGraisberry and Campbell, 1802 - 77 pagina's |
Vanuit het boek
Resultaten 1-5 van 5
Pagina 3
... observe , that the Hindoos acknowledge only a fort of temporary hell or purgatory . The legends relating to this place are very numerous and ridiculous . We are informed in the Puranas , that the Pitris were at laft obliged to leave ...
... observe , that the Hindoos acknowledge only a fort of temporary hell or purgatory . The legends relating to this place are very numerous and ridiculous . We are informed in the Puranas , that the Pitris were at laft obliged to leave ...
Pagina lvi
... observes . " Sir Wm . Jones confirms this from the Sanfcrit , and applies the use of it , ❝and the ancient traditions of the Irish , together with the authority of the Saxon Chro- " nicle , to prove , that these western islands were ...
... observes . " Sir Wm . Jones confirms this from the Sanfcrit , and applies the use of it , ❝and the ancient traditions of the Irish , together with the authority of the Saxon Chro- " nicle , to prove , that these western islands were ...
Pagina lxix
... observes , we know as little of the Egyptian dialect , as we do of their characters . The Egyptian language is cer- tainly one of the most ancient in the world , and probably an original or mother tongue , formed at the confufion of ...
... observes , we know as little of the Egyptian dialect , as we do of their characters . The Egyptian language is cer- tainly one of the most ancient in the world , and probably an original or mother tongue , formed at the confufion of ...
Pagina 14
... observes , has been the cause of innumer- able errors in theology , among the ancients ; it has led them to exalt titles into deities , and the names of things into perfons ( Lit. Ant . of Greece . BAD , bada , a boat , a fhip ; Ar . ود ...
... observes , has been the cause of innumer- able errors in theology , among the ancients ; it has led them to exalt titles into deities , and the names of things into perfons ( Lit. Ant . of Greece . BAD , bada , a boat , a fhip ; Ar . ود ...
Pagina 31
... observes , that in the times of public calamity they confulted the mi- raculous oak of Jupiter at Dodona ; hence the Romans gave to Jupiter the furname of Quer- quetulanus ; the oaks were called Jovis Ar- bores . Wooden , Voden , or ...
... observes , that in the times of public calamity they confulted the mi- raculous oak of Jupiter at Dodona ; hence the Romans gave to Jupiter the furname of Quer- quetulanus ; the oaks were called Jovis Ar- bores . Wooden , Voden , or ...
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Prospectus of a Dictionary of the Language of the Aire Coti, Or, Ancient ... Charles Vallancey Volledige weergave - 1802 |
Prospectus of a dictionary of the language of the aire coti, or Ancient ... Charles Vallancey Volledige weergave - 1802 |
Prospectus of a Dictionary of the Language of the Aire Coti, Or Ancient ... Charles Vallancey Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2016 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
affertion Afia Aire Coti Aire-Coti alfo Allod alphabet alſo altar ancient Iriſh Arabic Armenia athair becauſe Bochart Brahmins Brehon Laws Budh Buxt called Chaldæan Chaldee Coti cuſtoms dæmon Daghda defcended deity derived dialect diſcovered Draoi Egypt Egyptian Engliſh eſt facred faid fame fays fervile fhepherds fhew fhip fignifies fire firſt fome fometimes fpeech fuch fuit fynonimous Greeks Hebrew hence Hercules Hindooſtanee hiſtory horſe houſe Indian Indo-Scythæ Indo-Scythians inhabitants Iran Ireland Iriſh Iriſh hiſtory Irish language iſland king language learned letters moſt muſt nomen O'Brien obferves Ogham old Iriſh origin pagan paradife Pehlvi Perfian Phoenicians prefixed preſent preſerved prieſt pudendum Puranas quæ quod radix reaſon religion Sanfcrit ſays ſcience Scoti Scythians ſhall ſhip ſhould Spain ſpeak ſtone ſtudy Syria thefe themſelves theſe thigh thofe thoſe tranflated tree tribe underſtand uſed Weſtern whence whofe Wilford word worſhip Zend Zoroafter
Populaire passages
Pagina x - And Cush begat Nimrod : he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Wherefore it is said, even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.
Pagina vi - Mofaical hiftory : for before the difpctfion we read of no city but Babel ; nor could there well be more, while all mankind were yet in a body together ; but when Nimrod...
Pagina xlii - TUSHT to have been loft, and its place fupplied by a recent compilation) I had no inducement, though I had an opportunity, to learn what remains of thofe ancient languages ; but I often converfed on them with my friend BAHMAN, and both of us were convinced after full confideration, that the Zend bore a ftrong refemblance to Sanfcrit, and the Pablavi to Arabick.
Pagina 26 - The book was then clofed, and reftored to its place at the altar; and the people being feated as before, two men entered, bearing a large iron caldron, called a curray, juft taken from the fire, and placed it in the center of the hall upon a low ftool.
Pagina xlix - Jannat, or the garden ; and sometimes they call it, with an addition, Jannat al Ferdaws, the garden of paradise ; Jannat Aden, the garden of Eden, (though they generally interpret the word Eden, not according to its acceptation in Hebrew, but according to its meaning in their own tongue, wherein it signifies a settled or perpetual habitation...
Pagina lxx - ... places. Neither is the genius of the commonalty confined to this kind of learning alone ; for I saw a poor man, near Black-stones, who had a tolerable notion of calculating the EPACTS, GOLDEN NUMBER, DOMINICAL LETTER, THE MOON'S PHASES, and THE ECLIPSES, although he had never been taught to read English.
Pagina 4 - ... at that time, to exprefs all the thoughts of man's heart, and to convince the hearers of any truth whatfoever, in either a literary or a religious matter. And this blindnefs of the reformers with regard to their uniformly praying and preaching in...
Pagina 26 - This argha, as a type of the adhara-sacti, or power of conception, excited and vivified by the linga, or Phallus, we cannot but suppose to be one and the same with the ship Argo, which was built, according to Orpheus, by Juno and Pallas, and according to Appolonius, by Pallas and Argus at the instance of Juno : the Yoni, as it is usually pronounced, nearly resembles the name of the principal Hetruscan goddess...