III.) to be of greater antiquity than any other nation ; and it is probable, that, born under the sun's path, its warmth may have ripened them earlier than other men. They suppose themselves also to be the inventors of divine worship, of festivals, of... The Ruins: Or, A Survey of the Revolutions of Empires - Էջ 246Constantin-François Volney - 1822 - 320 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
| William Cowherd - 1818 - 728 էջ
...Authors, Ihe fimt learned nation. " The Ethiopians conceive themselves," says Diouoiics, Lib, т., " to be of greater antiquity than any other nation : and it is probable that, born under Ihe sun's path, its warmth may have ripened them earlier than other men. 'I'mv suppose themselves also... | |
| 1823 - 876 էջ
...other nations." The same opinion he attributes to the Ethiopians. " The Ethiopians conceive themselves to be of greater antiquity than any other nation ;...under the sun's path, its warmth may have ripened them sooner than other men. They suppose themselves also to be the inventors of divine worship, of festivals,... | |
| Ali Soliman - 1926 - 410 էջ
...sensible effect in civilizing the Ethiopians. Diodorus Sicilus says, "the Ethiopians conceive themselves to be of greater antiquity than any other nation,...ripened them earlier than other men. They suppose themsleves to be the inventors of divine worship, of festivals, of solemn assemblies, of sacrifices,... | |
| 1926 - 882 էջ
...historians who tell us that the blacks conceive themselves to be of greater antiquity than any other nation. They suppose themselves also to be the inventors of...festivals, of solemn assemblies, of sacrifices, and of every religious practice. They affirm that the Egyptians constitute one of their colonies. All this... | |
| Bernard Magubane - 1987 - 268 էջ
...historian Diodorous Siculus of the first century BC could write that: The Ethiopians conceived themselves to be of greater antiquity than any other nation,...may have ripened them earlier than other men. They supposed themselves to be the inventors of Worship, of festivals, of solemn assemblies, of sacrifice,... | |
| C. F. Volney - 1987 - 262 էջ
...identity of this place of which I have spoken ' The Ethiopians conceive themselves," says he, lib. Hi., "to be of greater antiquity than any other nation:...it is probable that, born under the sun's path, its warm;h may have ripened them earlier than other men. They suppose themselves also to he the inventors... | |
| Constantin-François Volney - 1991 - 260 էջ
...of this place of which I have spoken. '• The Ethiopians conceive themselves," says he, lib. ill., "to be of greater antiquity than any other nation...earlier than other men. They suppose themselves also to he the inventors of divine worship, of festivals, of solemn assemblies, of sacrifices, and every other... | |
| Ali Soliman - 1926 - 336 էջ
...sensible effect in civilizing the Ethiopians. Diodorus Stilus says, "the Ethiopians conceive themselves to be of greater antiquity than any other nation,...ripened them earlier than other men. They suppose themsleves to be the inventors of divine worship, of festivals, of solemn assemblies, of sacrifices,... | |
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