Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones |
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... soon after , in July , 1749 , leaving behind him a great reputation and moderate property . The history of men of letters is too often a melan- choly detail of human misery , exhibiting the unavailing struggles of genius and learning ...
... soon after , in July , 1749 , leaving behind him a great reputation and moderate property . The history of men of letters is too often a melan- choly detail of human misery , exhibiting the unavailing struggles of genius and learning ...
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John Shore Baron Teignmouth. in the knowledge of prosody was truly extraordinary ; he soon acquired a proficiency in all the varieties of Roman metre ; so that he was able to scan the trochiac and iambic verses of Terence , before his ...
John Shore Baron Teignmouth. in the knowledge of prosody was truly extraordinary ; he soon acquired a proficiency in all the varieties of Roman metre ; so that he was able to scan the trochiac and iambic verses of Terence , before his ...
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... soon became the prime favourite of his master , who , with an excusable partiality , was heard to declare , that Jones knew more Greek than himself , and was a greater proficient in the idiom of that language . Nor was he less a ...
... soon became the prime favourite of his master , who , with an excusable partiality , was heard to declare , that Jones knew more Greek than himself , and was a greater proficient in the idiom of that language . Nor was he less a ...
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... soon after , with mutual regret ; and in the following term he fixed him- self at Oxford . The name of Jones was long remembered at Harrow , with the respect due to his superior talents and un- rivalled erudition ; and he was frequently ...
... soon after , with mutual regret ; and in the following term he fixed him- self at Oxford . The name of Jones was long remembered at Harrow , with the respect due to his superior talents and un- rivalled erudition ; and he was frequently ...
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... soon must leave . Of all our trees , the hated boughs Of cypress shall alone diffuse Their fragrance o'er our grave . To others shall we then resign The num'rous casks of sparkling wine , Which , frugal , now we store ; With them a more ...
... soon must leave . Of all our trees , the hated boughs Of cypress shall alone diffuse Their fragrance o'er our grave . To others shall we then resign The num'rous casks of sparkling wine , Which , frugal , now we store ; With them a more ...
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