A View of the Brahminical Religion, in Its Confirmation of the Truth of the Sacred History, and in Its Influence on the Moral Character;: In a Series of Discourses, Preached Before the University of Oxford in the Year 1809, at the Lecture Founded by the Late Rev. John Bampton, M.A. Canon of SalisburyCadell and Davies, Strand; for J.M. Gutch, Bristol; and for I. Parker, Oxford., 1810 - 325 من الصفحات |
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