Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1898 - 608 pages |
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... architectural and literary , by the brilliant decipherment of un- 1 M. M.'s Translation of the Hitopadesa , Leipzig , 1844 . 28180 known languages and the patient interpreta- tion of ancient literatures PREFACE TO COLLECTED WORKS •
... architectural and literary , by the brilliant decipherment of un- 1 M. M.'s Translation of the Hitopadesa , Leipzig , 1844 . 28180 known languages and the patient interpreta- tion of ancient literatures PREFACE TO COLLECTED WORKS •
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... of the Rig - Veda 1 , and to the organisation and 1 Rig - Veda - Sanhitâ , with the commentary of Sâyana , 1849 to 1873 . superintendence of that series of translations of the Sacred Books xiv PREFACE TO COLLECTED WORKS .
... of the Rig - Veda 1 , and to the organisation and 1 Rig - Veda - Sanhitâ , with the commentary of Sâyana , 1849 to 1873 . superintendence of that series of translations of the Sacred Books xiv PREFACE TO COLLECTED WORKS .
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... translations of the Sacred Books of the East ' , which has become the foundation of a new , comparative and strictly historical , study of religion2 . Religions have shared the fate of languages and mythologies . They have been studied ...
... translations of the Sacred Books of the East ' , which has become the foundation of a new , comparative and strictly historical , study of religion2 . Religions have shared the fate of languages and mythologies . They have been studied ...
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... translation of the hymns of that Veda , -to say nothing of new editions of several of my other books , which , like myself , had grown old and anti- quated , you will readily believe that , strongly as I felt tempted , and highly as I ...
... translation of the hymns of that Veda , -to say nothing of new editions of several of my other books , which , like myself , had grown old and anti- quated , you will readily believe that , strongly as I felt tempted , and highly as I ...
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... of my criticisms , and at his request I then translated for him some of the most important Upanishads , which form part of the ancient c Vedic literature . I have never been able to recover LORD GIFFORD'S BEQUEST . 17.
... of my criticisms , and at his request I then translated for him some of the most important Upanishads , which form part of the ancient c Vedic literature . I have never been able to recover LORD GIFFORD'S BEQUEST . 17.
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