 The force of these observations, general in their nature, is perhaps more strongly marked in the history of India than of any other region of the earth. At periods long antecedent to the Mohammedan invasion, wars, revolutions, and conquests seem to have...  The History of British India - Page 205de James Mill - 1840Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1810 - 590 pages
...of the inquiry : and all that we find is still the empty praise' of the age* which have passed. — At periods long antecedent to the Mohammedan invasion,...succession more strangely complex, rapid, and destructive, a« tile events more deeply recede into the gloom of antiquity. rude valour which had atchieved a conquest,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1811 - 622 pages
...other regions, belongs exclusively to the poet.' — 'At periods long antecedent to the Mahommedan invasion, wars, revolutions, and conquests, seem to...events more deeply recede into the gloom of antiquity.' In such a state of confusion, it is utterly impossible that the people could enjoy the least degree... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1820 - 594 pages
...other regions, belongs exclusively to the poet.' — 'At periods long antecedent to the Mahommedan invasion, wars, revolutions, and conquests, seem to...events more deeply recede into the gloom of antiquity.' In such a state of confusion, it is utterly impossible that the people could enjoy the least degree... | |
 | Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - 1835 - 512 pages
...long antecedent to this event, wars, revolutions, and conquests, seem to have followed each other in succession, more strangely complex, rapid, and destructive,...events more deeply recede into the gloom of antiquity. Before I conclude this subject, I must allude to two sets of inscriptions in an unknown character found... | |
 | Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - 1835 - 524 pages
...long antecedent to this event, wars, revolutions, and conquests, seem to have followed each other in succession, more strangely complex, rapid, and destructive,...events more deeply recede into the gloom of antiquity. Before I conclude this subject, I must allude to two sets of inscriptions in an unknown character found... | |
 | Mark Wilks - 1869 - 588 pages
...universal error peculiar to his character, that his state, and his alone, is wisest, happiest, and best. The force of these observations, general in their...invasion, wars, revolutions, and conquests seem to 2 ANCIENT DIVISIONS OF SOUTHERN INDIA. [CHAP. I. have followed each oilier, in a succession more strangely... | |
 | Mark Wilks - 1869 - 568 pages
...universal error peculiar to his character, that his state, and his alone, is wisest, happiest, and best. have followed each other, in a succession more strangely...events more deeply recede into the gloom of antiquity. The rude valour which had achieved a conquest, was seldom combined with the sagacity requisite for... | |
 | 1830 - 606 pages
...antecedent to the Mahomedan invasion," says Col. Wrlks, " wars, revolutions, and conquests seem to follow each other in a succession more strangely complex,...events more deeply recede into the gloom of antiquity." The theory, then, by proving too much, proves nothing. Mr. Bruce's theory deduces the chief efficient... | |
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