Remains of Japhet: Being Historical Enquiries Into the Affinity and Origin of the European Languagesauthor: and sold, 1767 - 419 pages |
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... the ancient inhabitants of these islands , not only on account of the antiquity of their language , but also of the glorious deeds of their ancestors , and and the learning of their antiquaries , poets and philofo- xii PREFACE .
... the ancient inhabitants of these islands , not only on account of the antiquity of their language , but also of the glorious deeds of their ancestors , and and the learning of their antiquaries , poets and philofo- xii PREFACE .
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... island its first colonies . Meffrs . Lloyd , ... Harris , O Flaherty , and others , have led feveral modern writers to that opinion , which I am prevented affenting to from the course I have taken in tracing them out . • • I In order to ...
... island its first colonies . Meffrs . Lloyd , ... Harris , O Flaherty , and others , have led feveral modern writers to that opinion , which I am prevented affenting to from the course I have taken in tracing them out . • • I In order to ...
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... Islands . It will appear , that the Bri- tons came by fea from Greece through the Mediterranean first , and that was very early after the flood , and that Ire- land had its firft colonies from Scythia by a north - west rout ; and others ...
... Islands . It will appear , that the Bri- tons came by fea from Greece through the Mediterranean first , and that was very early after the flood , and that Ire- land had its firft colonies from Scythia by a north - west rout ; and others ...
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... islands ; and to the fouth- weft , all Western Africa . LET us now confider what would be the confequence , if the ark had rested nearer to any of the extremities of the above boundaries ; firft , in many of those parts they could not ...
... islands ; and to the fouth- weft , all Western Africa . LET us now confider what would be the confequence , if the ark had rested nearer to any of the extremities of the above boundaries ; firft , in many of those parts they could not ...
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... islands of Greece . The descendants of Javan and of Mefbech and Tubal traded to Tyrus in flaves , and veffels of brafs , which were manufactured out of materials carried from Britain , and of a more delicate contexture than our modern ...
... islands of Greece . The descendants of Javan and of Mefbech and Tubal traded to Tyrus in flaves , and veffels of brafs , which were manufactured out of materials carried from Britain , and of a more delicate contexture than our modern ...
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