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Page 89
... Hindoo style , upon a throne ornamented on each side with the enormous head and claws of an animal , and another seated cross - legged upon a two - headed monster , is receiving an offering from a man in a kneeling attitude ; and it is ...
... Hindoo style , upon a throne ornamented on each side with the enormous head and claws of an animal , and another seated cross - legged upon a two - headed monster , is receiving an offering from a man in a kneeling attitude ; and it is ...
Page 114
... Hindoo in its character . It is made before a deity , by a human figure touching the ground with his right hand , and his mouth with the left . In the other of these manuscripts shields are again depicted resembling the Etruscan ; and ...
... Hindoo in its character . It is made before a deity , by a human figure touching the ground with his right hand , and his mouth with the left . In the other of these manuscripts shields are again depicted resembling the Etruscan ; and ...
Page 118
... Hindoo representations of deities . † It has been insisted that the Mexicans possessed no hiero- glyphics . Without entering at this time into the discussion , it may be observed here , that the picture writings separately con- sidered ...
... Hindoo representations of deities . † It has been insisted that the Mexicans possessed no hiero- glyphics . Without entering at this time into the discussion , it may be observed here , that the picture writings separately con- sidered ...
Page 142
... Hindoo worship . ‡ * Vega , vol . i . p . 176. † Ulloa , vol . ii . p . 166 , etc. Humboldt's Pers . Nar . , vol . v . p . 814. Mod . Trav . Colom- bia , p . 333. The graves which have been opened in the vicinity of the lake , contain ...
... Hindoo worship . ‡ * Vega , vol . i . p . 176. † Ulloa , vol . ii . p . 166 , etc. Humboldt's Pers . Nar . , vol . v . p . 814. Mod . Trav . Colom- bia , p . 333. The graves which have been opened in the vicinity of the lake , contain ...
Page 177
... Hindoos , Chinese , Mexicans and Peruvians , and other primitive nations , whose traditions generally assign the arts to ... Hindoo traditions declare barbari- ans to be outcasts , who have been driven from society , or who have wandered ...
... Hindoos , Chinese , Mexicans and Peruvians , and other primitive nations , whose traditions generally assign the arts to ... Hindoo traditions declare barbari- ans to be outcasts , who have been driven from society , or who have wandered ...
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