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Page vii
... original letters have been purposely omitted in the translation , and many passages of the originals them- selves have been suppressed . The Latin letters of Sir William Jones are printed in the Appendix ; and it is further proper to ...
... original letters have been purposely omitted in the translation , and many passages of the originals them- selves have been suppressed . The Latin letters of Sir William Jones are printed in the Appendix ; and it is further proper to ...
Page viii
... original compositions of Sir William Jones , which have not hitherto been published ; they are not of equal im- portance with those of which the public are in posses- sion ; there are still more , which I have not ventured to print . It ...
... original compositions of Sir William Jones , which have not hitherto been published ; they are not of equal im- portance with those of which the public are in posses- sion ; there are still more , which I have not ventured to print . It ...
Page ix
... William Jones , a forged Sanscrit book , on Oaths . The same sagacity which detected the fraud , in this instance , might have discovered the forgery of the pundit employed by Mr. Wilford , if the original docu- PREFACE . ix.
... William Jones , a forged Sanscrit book , on Oaths . The same sagacity which detected the fraud , in this instance , might have discovered the forgery of the pundit employed by Mr. Wilford , if the original docu- PREFACE . ix.
Page x
John Shore Baron Teignmouth. pundit employed by Mr. Wilford , if the original docu- ment had been submitted to the inspection of Sir William Jones . In this country the fabrications of a Chatterton escaped , for a season , the ...
John Shore Baron Teignmouth. pundit employed by Mr. Wilford , if the original docu- ment had been submitted to the inspection of Sir William Jones . In this country the fabrications of a Chatterton escaped , for a season , the ...
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... original Psalms . His ardour for knowledge was so unlimited , that he frequently devoted whole nights to study , taking coffee or tea as an antidote to drowsiness ; and his im- provement , by these extraordinary exertions , was so rapid ...
... original Psalms . His ardour for knowledge was so unlimited , that he frequently devoted whole nights to study , taking coffee or tea as an antidote to drowsiness ; and his im- provement , by these extraordinary exertions , was so rapid ...
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