Prospectus of a Dictionary of the Language of the Aire Coti, Or, Ancient Irish, Compared with the Language of the Cuti, Or Ancient Persians, with the Hindoostanee, the Arabic, and Chaldean Languages |
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... explaining the Sanferit Words in Irish . 1. Dubh , dib , a lake , an island , a watery fituation . 2. The white island , England . The Irish called it by the fynonimous name , Guid - bán , i . e . Sagfan , England . ( O'Brien and Shaw's ...
... explaining the Sanferit Words in Irish . 1. Dubh , dib , a lake , an island , a watery fituation . 2. The white island , England . The Irish called it by the fynonimous name , Guid - bán , i . e . Sagfan , England . ( O'Brien and Shaw's ...
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... explained by Eile - aora in Irish ; but we could go still further , and fhew from Irish history , that he is faid to have been one of the Pali , or shepherds , according to a very ancient poem preserved in the Saltar ( not Pfalter ) of ...
... explained by Eile - aora in Irish ; but we could go still further , and fhew from Irish history , that he is faid to have been one of the Pali , or shepherds , according to a very ancient poem preserved in the Saltar ( not Pfalter ) of ...
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... explained in the Irish ; this obfervation was made by that great Welsh antiquary Lhwyd , in his letter to Roland ; and to Lhwyd we are indebted for the preservation of many valuable Irish manufcripts . ( See the concluding paragraph ) ...
... explained in the Irish ; this obfervation was made by that great Welsh antiquary Lhwyd , in his letter to Roland ; and to Lhwyd we are indebted for the preservation of many valuable Irish manufcripts . ( See the concluding paragraph ) ...
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... explained by Shaaralyzz , the emblem of power , or fome other word compounded with jzz , fignifying an emblem . In Chaldee and Arabic yzz fignifies power , dignity , grandeur , magnificence , and hence probably the French fleur - de ...
... explained by Shaaralyzz , the emblem of power , or fome other word compounded with jzz , fignifying an emblem . In Chaldee and Arabic yzz fignifies power , dignity , grandeur , magnificence , and hence probably the French fleur - de ...
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... explained in the Book of Oghams , of which I have given exact delineations in my Grammar and Vindication , it appears , that it was originally intended to be read from top to bottom , and therefore one perpendicular line was drawn from ...
... explained in the Book of Oghams , of which I have given exact delineations in my Grammar and Vindication , it appears , that it was originally intended to be read from top to bottom , and therefore one perpendicular line was drawn from ...
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affertion Afia Aire Coti Aire-Coti alfo Allod alphabet alſo altar ancient Iriſh Arabic Armenia athair becauſe Bochart Brahmins Brehon Laws Budh Buxt called Chaldæan Chaldee Coti cuſtoms dæmon Daghda defcended deity derived dialect diſcovered Draoi Egypt Egyptian Engliſh eſt facred faid fame fays fervile fhepherds fhew fhip fignifies fire firſt fome fometimes fpeech fuch fuit fynonimous Greeks Hebrew hence Hercules Hindooſtanee hiſtory horſe houſe Indian Indo-Scythæ Indo-Scythians inhabitants Iran Ireland Iriſh Iriſh hiſtory Irish language iſland king language learned letters moſt muſt nomen O'Brien obferves Ogham old Iriſh origin pagan paradife Pehlvi Perfian Phoenicians prefixed preſent preſerved prieſt pudendum Puranas quæ quod radix reaſon religion Sanfcrit ſays ſcience Scoti Scythians ſhall ſhip ſhould Spain ſpeak ſtone ſtudy Syria thefe themſelves theſe thigh thofe thoſe tranflated tree tribe underſtand uſed Weſtern whence whofe Wilford word worſhip Zend Zoroafter
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Page x - And Cush begat Nimrod : he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Wherefore it is said, even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.
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Page xlii - TUSHT to have been loft, and its place fupplied by a recent compilation) I had no inducement, though I had an opportunity, to learn what remains of thofe ancient languages ; but I often converfed on them with my friend BAHMAN, and both of us were convinced after full confideration, that the Zend bore a ftrong refemblance to Sanfcrit, and the Pablavi to Arabick.
Page 26 - The book was then clofed, and reftored to its place at the altar; and the people being feated as before, two men entered, bearing a large iron caldron, called a curray, juft taken from the fire, and placed it in the center of the hall upon a low ftool.
Page xlix - Jannat, or the garden ; and sometimes they call it, with an addition, Jannat al Ferdaws, the garden of paradise ; Jannat Aden, the garden of Eden, (though they generally interpret the word Eden, not according to its acceptation in Hebrew, but according to its meaning in their own tongue, wherein it signifies a settled or perpetual habitation...
Page lxx - ... places. Neither is the genius of the commonalty confined to this kind of learning alone ; for I saw a poor man, near Black-stones, who had a tolerable notion of calculating the EPACTS, GOLDEN NUMBER, DOMINICAL LETTER, THE MOON'S PHASES, and THE ECLIPSES, although he had never been taught to read English.
Page 4 - ... at that time, to exprefs all the thoughts of man's heart, and to convince the hearers of any truth whatfoever, in either a literary or a religious matter. And this blindnefs of the reformers with regard to their uniformly praying and preaching in...
Page 26 - This argha, as a type of the adhara-sacti, or power of conception, excited and vivified by the linga, or Phallus, we cannot but suppose to be one and the same with the ship Argo, which was built, according to Orpheus, by Juno and Pallas, and according to Appolonius, by Pallas and Argus at the instance of Juno : the Yoni, as it is usually pronounced, nearly resembles the name of the principal Hetruscan goddess...