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Page viii
... 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 would have been easy to have enlarged the size of this volume ; but ...
... 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 would have been easy to have enlarged the size of this volume ; but ...
Page ix
... publish it to the world , in another essay , which he was then preparing , and which I understand to be now printing in Bengal . To guard against the effects of any accident , which might prevent the execution of this determination , he ...
... publish it to the world , in another essay , which he was then preparing , and which I understand to be now printing in Bengal . To guard against the effects of any accident , which might prevent the execution of this determination , he ...
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... , and 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 .
... , and 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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... published his Synopsis Palmariorum Mathescos ; a decisive proof of his early and consummate proficiency in his favourite science . The private character of Mr. Jones was respectable , his manners were agreeable and inviting ; and these ...
... published his Synopsis Palmariorum Mathescos ; a decisive proof of his early and consummate proficiency in his favourite science . The private character of Mr. Jones was respectable , his manners were agreeable and inviting ; and these ...
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... publish it , as well for the honour of the au- ther , as for the benefit of the family , to whom the pro- perty of the ... published , are much admired for neatness , brevity , and accuracy . " * In Hutton's Philosophical Dictionary , we ...
... publish it , as well for the honour of the au- ther , as for the benefit of the family , to whom the pro- perty of the ... published , are much admired for neatness , brevity , and accuracy . " * In Hutton's Philosophical Dictionary , we ...
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