Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones |
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... to his taste and capacity . The juve- nile poems of Pope , and Dryden's Translation of the Æneid , afforded him incessant delight , and excited his poetical talents , which displayed themselves in the com- position SIR WILLIAM JONES . 15.
... to his taste and capacity . The juve- nile poems of Pope , and Dryden's Translation of the Æneid , afforded him incessant delight , and excited his poetical talents , which displayed themselves in the com- position SIR WILLIAM JONES . 15.
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... poems and plays he repeatedly perused with increased delight . In the usual recreations of his school - fellows at Harrow , Jones was rarely a partaker ; and the hours which they allotted to amusement , he generally devoted to ...
... poems and plays he repeatedly perused with increased delight . In the usual recreations of his school - fellows at Harrow , Jones was rarely a partaker ; and the hours which they allotted to amusement , he generally devoted to ...
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... poems , composed by Mr. Jones , at Harrow , was presented by him to his friend Parnell , in 1763. The first and ... poem , which he afterwards published , under the title of Arcadia . * The variations between his first attempt and ...
... poems , composed by Mr. Jones , at Harrow , was presented by him to his friend Parnell , in 1763. The first and ... poem , which he afterwards published , under the title of Arcadia . * The variations between his first attempt and ...
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... poems in the collection consist of translations and imitations of Horace , Sophocles , and Theocritus ; Saul and David , an Ode ; and a Satire on the inordinate Love of Novelty . A manuscript of these poems , in the hand - writing of Mr ...
... poems in the collection consist of translations and imitations of Horace , Sophocles , and Theocritus ; Saul and David , an Ode ; and a Satire on the inordinate Love of Novelty . A manuscript of these poems , in the hand - writing of Mr ...
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... poets and historians of note , and the entire works of Plato and Lucian , with a vast apparatus of commentaries on them ; constantly reading with a pen in his hand , making remarks , and composing in imitation of his favourite authors ...
... poets and historians of note , and the entire works of Plato and Lucian , with a vast apparatus of commentaries on them ; constantly reading with a pen in his hand , making remarks , and composing in imitation of his favourite authors ...
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