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The works of William Robertson, D.D. To which is prefixed, an account of his ... - Page 366
by William Robertson - 1817
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An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients Had ...

William Robertson - 1791 - 398 pages
...has the Poet faid, " Prefume not " to arraign or to fcrutinize the various works of Power DiM vine." For this valuable communication we are indebted to Mr. Orme. Fragments, notes, p. xcvii. I have been afTured toy a gentleman who has read this letter in the original, that the tranflation is not only...
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An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients Had ...

William Robertson - 1804 - 422 pages
...refentment of " the painter ; and juftly has the poet faid, " Prefumo " not to arraign or to fcrutinize the various works of " Power Divine." For this valuable...Mr! Orme. Fragments, notes, p. xcvii. I have been afiurcd by a gentleman who has read this letter in the original, that the tranflation is not only faithful...
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An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients Had ...

William Robertson - 1804 - 426 pages
...not to arraign or to fcrutinize the various works of " Power Divine." For this valuable communicatioa we are indebted to Mr. Orme. Fragments, notes, p. xcvii. I have been allured by a gentleman who has read this letter in the original, that the tranflation is not only faithful...
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A View of the Brahminical Religion: In Its Confirmation of the Truth of the ...

John Bayly Sommers Carwithen - 1810 - 384 pages
...religions or customs of other men, is to set at nought the pleasure of the Almighty. When we deface a picture, we naturally incur the resentment of the...justly has the Poet said— presume not to arraign or scrutinize the various works of power divine." It has indeed been asserted by one who might be thought...
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A View of the Brahminical Religion: In Its Confirmation of the Truth of the ...

John Bayley Sommers Carwithen - 1810 - 352 pages
...customs of other men, is to set at nought the pleasure of the Almighty. When we deface a pi£lure, we naturally incur the resentment of the Painter;...justly has the Poet said — presume not to arraign or scrutinize the various works of power divine." • It has indeed been asserted by one who might be...
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An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients Had ...

William Robertson - 1812 - 422 pages
...religion and customs of other men, is to set at naught the pleasure of the Almighty. When we deface a picture, we naturally incur the resentment of the...we are indebted to Mr. Orme. Fragments, notes, p. scvii. I have been assured by a gentleman who has read this letter in the original, that the translation...
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The Works of William Robertson: Historical disquisition concerning the ...

William Robertson - 1812 - 430 pages
...refentment of ** the painter ; and juftly has the poet faid, " Prefume " not to arraign or to fcrutinize the various works of " Power Divine." For this valuable...Mr. Orme. Fragments, notes, p. xcvii. I have been aflured by a gentleman who has read this letter in the original, that the tranflation is not only faithful...
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts ..., Volume 23

1816 - 852 pages
...the refentment of the painter; and juftly has the poet faid, prefume not to arraign or to fcrutinize the various works of Power divine." For this valuable communication, we are indebted to Mr Orme; Fragment*, notes, p. 97. Frafcr's Hill. Nadir. Shah, p. ii — it. Mod. Un. Hjft. vol. vp 36$ — 375-...
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Memoirs of India

Robert Grenville Wallace - 1824 - 526 pages
...religion and customs of other men, is to set at nought the pleasure of the Almighty. When we deface a picture, we naturally incur the resentment of the...to scrutinize the various works of power divine.' " LIV. MR. PERCIVAL, in his account of Ceylon, mentions the Indian ichneumon as a great snake destroyer....
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Works, Volume 8

William Robertson - 1825 - 466 pages
...religion and customs of other men, is to set at nought the pleasure of the Almighty. When we deface a picture, we naturally incur the resentment of the...this valuable communication we are indebted to Mr. Onne. Fragments, notes, p. xcvii. I have been assured by a gentleman who has read this letter in the...
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