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Page vii
... translating many of the letters of Sir William Jones , and his learned correspondents , from the Latin or French ; and I ... translation , and many passages of the originals them- selves have been suppressed . The Latin letters of Sir ...
... translating many of the letters of Sir William Jones , and his learned correspondents , from the Latin or French ; and I ... translation , and many passages of the originals them- selves have been suppressed . The Latin letters of Sir ...
Page 15
... 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.
... 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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... translation of the pas- torals of Virgil . Dr. Sumner quickly distinguished him ; and of the two complete years which he passed under that excellent instructor , it is sufficient to say , that he employed them in reading and imitating ...
... translation of the pas- torals of Virgil . Dr. Sumner quickly distinguished him ; and of the two complete years which he passed under that excellent instructor , it is sufficient to say , that he employed them in reading and imitating ...
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... 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. Jones , was presented to Lady ...
... 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. Jones , was presented to Lady ...
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... translating the Arabian Tales of Galland into Arabic , writing himself the translation from the mouth of the Syrian . He afterwards corrected the grammatical inaccuracies of the version , by the help of Erpenius and Golius . C In the ...
... translating the Arabian Tales of Galland into Arabic , writing himself the translation from the mouth of the Syrian . He afterwards corrected the grammatical inaccuracies of the version , by the help of Erpenius and Golius . C In the ...
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