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... and , as you have some further considerations about the Doctrine of Differences , I am assured that they cannot but be valuable ; and if a few instances of the application were given , perhaps it would not be amiss .
... and , as you have some further considerations about the Doctrine of Differences , I am assured that they cannot but be valuable ; and if a few instances of the application were given , perhaps it would not be amiss .
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It is a material and , perhaps , unavoidable defect , in the system of education at public schools , that the necessity of regulating instruction , by general rules , must often preclude that attention to the tempers and capacities of ...
It is a material and , perhaps , unavoidable defect , in the system of education at public schools , that the necessity of regulating instruction , by general rules , must often preclude that attention to the tempers and capacities of ...
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But his solicitude to appear as an author was perhaps prudently checked by the advice of his friends ; and the proposed publication , from which he expected an increase of reputation , was reluctantly postponed .
But his solicitude to appear as an author was perhaps prudently checked by the advice of his friends ; and the proposed publication , from which he expected an increase of reputation , was reluctantly postponed .
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Perhaps you are not acquainted with him . The Turkish poets , in general , are no better than slavish imitators of the Persians , and often deficient in taste and harmony . I cannot comprehend how you have discovered an indelicate ...
Perhaps you are not acquainted with him . The Turkish poets , in general , are no better than slavish imitators of the Persians , and often deficient in taste and harmony . I cannot comprehend how you have discovered an indelicate ...
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You , perhaps , wish to know how I employed my time after your departure from England : a short explanation will sufice . Amongst other occupations , I revised and corrected my Commentaries on Oriental Poetry , and when I was preparing ...
You , perhaps , wish to know how I employed my time after your departure from England : a short explanation will sufice . Amongst other occupations , I revised and corrected my Commentaries on Oriental Poetry , and when I was preparing ...
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| Title | Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones, John Shore Baron Teignmouth |
| Author | John Shore Baron Teignmouth |
| Publisher | From the Classic Press, printed for the proprietors Wm. Poyntell, 1805 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 27 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 521 pages |
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