Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones |
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This arrangement has , however , imposed upon me the necessity of translating many of the letters of Sir William Jones , and his learned correspondents , from the Latin or French ; and I have endeavoured to give the sense of them , in a ...
This arrangement has , however , imposed upon me the necessity of translating many of the letters of Sir William Jones , and his learned correspondents , from the Latin or French ; and I have endeavoured to give the sense of them , in a ...
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Captain Wilford has since had the mortification and regret to discover , that he was imposed upon by a learned Hindu , who assisted his investigations ; that the Purana , in which he actually and carefully read the passage , which he ...
Captain Wilford has since had the mortification and regret to discover , that he was imposed upon by a learned Hindu , who assisted his investigations ; that the Purana , in which he actually and carefully read the passage , which he ...
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In this country the fabrications of a Chatterton escaped , for a season , the penetration of the learned and acute . In the Postscript to the Memoirs , I have omitted to mention , in its proper place , that a monument was erected at ...
In this country the fabrications of a Chatterton escaped , for a season , the penetration of the learned and acute . In the Postscript to the Memoirs , I have omitted to mention , in its proper place , that a monument was erected at ...
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THE origin of the family of Sir WILLIAM JONES , on the maternal side , has been traced , by the industry of Lewis Morris , a learned British antiquary , to the ancient princes and chieftains of North Wales .
THE origin of the family of Sir WILLIAM JONES , on the maternal side , has been traced , by the industry of Lewis Morris , a learned British antiquary , to the ancient princes and chieftains of North Wales .
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By this method , his desire to learn became as eager as her wish to teach ; and such was her talent of instruction , and his facility of retaining it , that in his fourth year he was able to read , distinctly and rapidly , any English ...
By this method , his desire to learn became as eager as her wish to teach ; and such was her talent of instruction , and his facility of retaining it , that in his fourth year he was able to read , distinctly and rapidly , any English ...
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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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