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Page v
... SIR WILLIAM JONES , I feel a particular anxiety to guard against the charge of presumption , for an under- taking , which may be thought to require a more than ordinary share of learning and abilities . I hope , there- fore , to have ...
... SIR WILLIAM JONES , I feel a particular anxiety to guard against the charge of presumption , for an under- taking , which may be thought to require a more than ordinary share of learning and abilities . I hope , there- fore , to have ...
Page vi
... Sir William Jones , year by year . For the first twenty - two years of it , my authorities are ample and satisfactory : they consist principally of memoranda , written by Sir William himself : and , in describing the occurrences of this ...
... Sir William Jones , year by year . For the first twenty - two years of it , my authorities are ample and satisfactory : they consist principally of memoranda , written by Sir William himself : and , in describing the occurrences of this ...
Page vii
... Sir William Jones , and his learned correspondents , from the Latin or French ; and I have endeavoured to give the sense of them , in a plain and familiar style . But I must warn the reader , that he is to expect nothing more in these ...
... Sir William Jones , and his learned correspondents , from the Latin or French ; and I have endeavoured to give the sense of them , in a plain and familiar style . But I must warn the reader , that he is to expect nothing more in these ...
Page viii
... Sir William Jones necessarily refer to habits so dear to him , and so long established : and I must request the reader to carry this remark with him to the perusal of his correspondence throughout , and particularly of the letters ...
... Sir William Jones necessarily refer to habits so dear to him , and so long established : and I must request the reader to carry this remark with him to the perusal of his correspondence throughout , and particularly of the letters ...
Page ix
... Sir William Jones , to an Essay on Egypt and the Nile , in the 3d vol . of the Asiatic Researches , by lieutenant , now captain , Wilford ; and relates to Noah ( under the designation of Satyavrata ) and his three sons . Captain Wilford ...
... Sir William Jones , to an Essay on Egypt and the Nile , in the 3d vol . of the Asiatic Researches , by lieutenant , now captain , Wilford ; and relates to Noah ( under the designation of Satyavrata ) and his three sons . Captain Wilford ...
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