Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones |
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... obtained the friendship , of Lord Anson . In his twenty - second year , Mr. Jones published a Trea- tise on the Art of Navigation , which was received with great approbation . He was present at the capture of SIR WILLIAM JONES .
... obtained the friendship , of Lord Anson . In his twenty - second year , Mr. Jones published a Trea- tise on the Art of Navigation , which was received with great approbation . He was present at the capture of SIR WILLIAM JONES .
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... Art of Navigation , small 8vo . 1702 . Synopsis Palmariorum Matheseos ; or a new Introduction to the Ma- thematics , containing the Principles of Arithmetic and Geometry , de- monstrated in a short and easy Method , 8vo . 1706 . In the ...
... Art of Navigation , small 8vo . 1702 . Synopsis Palmariorum Matheseos ; or a new Introduction to the Ma- thematics , containing the Principles of Arithmetic and Geometry , de- monstrated in a short and easy Method , 8vo . 1706 . In the ...
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... arts , and generally the same passion for literature , which he had himself imbibed . It was evident that such extravagant expectations must be disappointed ; and from the public lectures he derived little gratifica- tion or instruction ...
... arts , and generally the same passion for literature , which he had himself imbibed . It was evident that such extravagant expectations must be disappointed ; and from the public lectures he derived little gratifica- tion or instruction ...
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... of the principles of the art , gave him little delight . I know not that he ever afterwards resumed the practice of the harp , nor is it to be regretted that he employed the time , which must have been dedicated to SIR WILLIAM JONES . 43.
... of the principles of the art , gave him little delight . I know not that he ever afterwards resumed the practice of the harp , nor is it to be regretted that he employed the time , which must have been dedicated to SIR WILLIAM JONES . 43.
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... art of the Arabs of much later invention , and to have assumed its present form , only a short time before Mahommed ; there being no trace whatever among them of a more ancient poetry . If the Hebrew poetry had a similar construction ...
... art of the Arabs of much later invention , and to have assumed its present form , only a short time before Mahommed ; there being no trace whatever among them of a more ancient poetry . If the Hebrew poetry had a similar construction ...
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