 | William Robertson - Classical geography - 1791 - 408 pages
...place among the natives of India, but the perpetuity of it was fecured by an inftitution which muft be confidered as the fundamental article in the fyftem...or cafts. The members of the firft, deemed the moft facred, had it for their province, to * Hift. of Amer. TO!, iii. 165. ftudy fludy the principles of... | |
 | Books and bookselling - 1791 - 580 pages
...natives of India, bat 'the perpetuity of it was fecured by an inftitution •which muft be coniidcred as the fundamental article in the fyftem of their...divided into four orders or cafts. The members of the firfî, deemed the moil facred, had it for their province, to Hudy the principles of religion ; to... | |
 | English literature - 1791 - 686 pages
...the natives of India, but the perpetuity of it was fecured by an institution which mud be con&dtred as the fundamental article in the fyftem of their...body of the people was divided into four orders or cads. Tlie members of the firft, deemed the moft lacred, had it for their province, to Study the principles... | |
 | English literature - 1792 - 546 pages
...was fe. cured by an ¡nílituüon which mult be confidered as the fundamental article in the fyltem of their policy. The whole body of the people was divided into four Oiders or Cajls. The members of the ßrfl, deemed the mod lacred, had it for their province to (tudy... | |
 | 1792 - 822 pages
...5 1 . — fi Kings, iv. 3 1 . — % HIß. ofjínur. W.iii. «65. cured by an inftitution which muft be confidered as the fundamental article in the fyftem of their policy. artificial barriers, which it would be impious to pafs, tend to circumfcribe the operations of the... | |
 | William Robertson - India - 1804 - 422 pages
...place among the natives of India, but the perpetuity of it was fecured by an inftitution, which muft be confidered as the fundamental article in the fyftem...or cafts. The members of the firft, deemed the moft facred, had it for their province to ftudy the principles of religion ; to perform its functions ;... | |
 | William Robertson - India - 1804 - 426 pages
...place among the natives of India, but the perpetuity of it was fecured by an inftitution, which muft be confidered as the fundamental article in the fyftem...body of the people was divided into four orders or carts. The members of the firft, deemed the moft facred, had it for their province to ftudy the principles... | |
 | William Robertson - India - 1812 - 422 pages
...it was secured by an institution, which must be considered as the fundamental article in the system of their policy. The whole body of the people was divided into four orders or casts. The members of the first, deemed the most sacred, had it for their province to study the principles... | |
 | William Robertson - America - 1812 - 430 pages
...place among the natives of India, but the perpetuity of it was fecured by an inftitution,, which muft be confidered as the fundamental article in the fyftem of their policy. The whole tody of the people was divided into four orders or cafts. The members of the firft, deemed the rnoft... | |
 | Herodotus - Greece - 1812 - 468 pages
...manifest from various circumstances. The following extract is from Robertson's Disquisition on India: The whole body of the people was divided into four orders, or casts. The members of the first, deemed the most sacred, had it for their province, to study the principles... | |
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The members of the first, deemed the most sacred, had it for their province to study the principles of religion ; to perform its functions ; and to cultivate the sciences. They were the priests, the instructors, and philosophers of the nation. 
