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On the second of February 1786 , Sir William Jones delivered to the society his
third annual discourse , in which he proposed to fill up the outlines delineated in
his two former addresses , and promised , if the state of his health should permit ...
On the second of February 1786 , Sir William Jones delivered to the society his
third annual discourse , in which he proposed to fill up the outlines delineated in
his two former addresses , and promised , if the state of his health should permit ...
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of accumulated knowledge and undisturbed leisure * . to * Of these discourses ,
the subjects of the two first have been ... the written memorials of their sciences
and arts : the eighth discourse is allotted to the borderers , mountaineers , and ...
of accumulated knowledge and undisturbed leisure * . to * Of these discourses ,
the subjects of the two first have been ... the written memorials of their sciences
and arts : the eighth discourse is allotted to the borderers , mountaineers , and ...
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A mere catalogue of the writings of Sir William Jones , would shew the extent and
world , to the discourses themselves ; and in ... The first discourse , which is the
third of the series in which they were delivered , begins with the HINDUS .
A mere catalogue of the writings of Sir William Jones , would shew the extent and
world , to the discourses themselves ; and in ... The first discourse , which is the
third of the series in which they were delivered , begins with the HINDUS .
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ways delight by elegance of diction . His compositions are never dry , tedious ,
nor disenquiry next proceeds to the CHINESE , who form the subject of the
seventh discourse . The word China , is well known to the people whom we call
Chinese ...
ways delight by elegance of diction . His compositions are never dry , tedious ,
nor disenquiry next proceeds to the CHINESE , who form the subject of the
seventh discourse . The word China , is well known to the people whom we call
Chinese ...
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Thus all the different races mentioned in this discourse , may be referred to an
Indian or Arabian pedigree . The ninth discourse , On the Origin and Families of
Nations , opens with a short review of the propositions to which we have been ...
Thus all the different races mentioned in this discourse , may be referred to an
Indian or Arabian pedigree . The ninth discourse , On the Origin and Families of
Nations , opens with a short review of the propositions to which we have been ...
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| Title | Works, Volume 2 Works, lady Anna Maria (Shipley) Jones |
| Author | Sir William Jones |
| Editor | lady Anna Maria (Shipley) Jones |
| Publisher | J. Stockdale, 1807 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 2 Dec 2005 |
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