A Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations: Originally Prefixed to a Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and EnglishPrinted at the Clarendon Press, 1778 - 288 pages |
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Abydenus Afia Afiatic againſt alfo almoſt alſo amongſt ancient appear Arabian Arabic Arabic languages Artaxerxes Mnemon becauſe Berofus Bryant called chronology circumftance confequence confidered courſe cuſtom Cuthites D'Herbelot Darab Darius dialects diſcover diſtinguiſhed dynaſty Eaft Eaſt Eaſtern empire eſpecially eſtabliſhed expreffed faid fame fays feems fent fhall fignifies fimilar fingular firſt fome fometimes foon ftill fubject fuch fufficient fuperior fuppofed fupport furniſh fyftem greateſt Grecian Greece Greeks Herodotus hiftorians himſelf hiſtory impoffible Jengiz Khan Khalif king of Perfia language laſt learned author learned gentleman leaſt moft Mohammed moſt muft muſt Mythology neral Noah Oannes obferved occafion Perfian perfon poffibly prefent prince reaſon reign reſemblance reſpect Scythians SECT ſeems Septuagint ſhall ſhe ſhould Simurgh ſome ſtate ſtill Sultan ſuppoſed Syria ſyſtem Tahmuras Tamerlane Tartar thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion tranflated uſed Vizir whilft whofe whoſe wiſh words writers Xerxes