 | 1784 - 522 pages
...religion was derived, and whole fyftem had a near affinity with that of the Per/tans and Indians, ufed to write their lines alternately forwards and backwards,...furrows are made by the plough : and though the two laft letters pf Ct>pidt> may be only the grammatical ^termination, as in libido and captdo, yet the... | |
 | Sir William Jones - 1807 - 534 pages
...Roman language and religion was derived, and whose system had a near affinity with that of the Per/tans and Indians, used to write their lines alternately...as furrows are made by the plough ; and, though the txvo last letters of Cufido may be only the grammatical termination, as in libido and capedo, yet the... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1811 - 282 pages
...which have the same signification, may have the same origin ; since we know that the old Hetrurians, from whom great part of the Roman language and religion...and backwards, as furrows are made by the plough. — Sir W. JONES. Mahadeva and Parvati were playing with dice at the ancient game of Chaturanga, when... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1812 - 278 pages
...which have the same signification, may have the same origin; since we know that the old Hetrurians, from whom great part of the Roman language and religion...forwards and backwards, as furrows are made by the plough.—Sir W. JONES. Mahadcva and Parvati were playing with dice at the ancient game of Chaturanga,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1818 - 290 pages
...which have the same signification, may have the same origin ; since we know that the old Hetrurians, from whom great part of the Roman language and religion...and backwards, as furrows are made by the plough. — Sir W. JONES. Mahadeva and Parvati were playing with dice at the ancient game of Chaturanga, when... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 310 pages
...He has at least twenty-three names, most of which are introduced in the hymn : that of Cam, or Cama, signifies desire, a sense which it also bears in ancient...plough; and, though the two last letters of Cupido may only be the grammatical termination, as in libido and capedo, yet the primary root of cupio is contained... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1838 - 636 pages
...which have the same signification, may have the same origin ; since we know that the old Hetrurians, from whom great part of the Roman language and religion...and backwards, as furrows are made by the plough, — Sir W. JONES. Mahadeva and Parvati were playing with dice at the ancient game of Chaturanga, when... | |
 | John Aikin - 1838 - 796 pages
...whom great part of the Roman language and religion was derived, and whose system had a near affinlty ne, Pour'd hymns to freedom and the rising morn i Stopt in her song, perchance the st anti hackwards, as furrows are made hy the plough ; and, though the two last letters of Cupido may... | |
 | John Aikin - 1852 - 792 pages
...Roman language and religion was derived, and whose system had a near affinity with that of the Persiane and Indians, used to write their lines alternately forwards and backwards, as furrows are made by thr plough ; and. though the two last letters of Cupido may only be the grammatical termination as... | |
 | Sir Bertram Coghill Alan Windle - 1858 - 454 pages
...bears in ancient and modern Persian ; and it is possible that the words Dipuc and Cupid, which havo the same signification, may have the same origin ;...backwards, as furrows are made by the plough ; and, though tho two last letters of Cupido may be only the grammatical termination, aa in libido and eapedo, yet... | |
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Hetruscans, from whom great part of the Roman language and religion was derived, and whose system had a near affinity with that of the Persians and Indians, used to write their lines alternately forwards and backwards, as furrows are made by the plough... 
