Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones |
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Page iii
... not been disappointed by the perusal of it . I have the honour to be , MADAM , Your Ladyship's most obedient humble Servant , CLAPHAM , June 20 , 1804 . TEIGNMOUTH . PREFACE . IN presenting the public with an account of.
... not been disappointed by the perusal of it . I have the honour to be , MADAM , Your Ladyship's most obedient humble Servant , CLAPHAM , June 20 , 1804 . TEIGNMOUTH . PREFACE . IN presenting the public with an account of.
Page vii
... peruse the original letters of Sir William Jones will find in them an elegance which I do not pretend to transfuse into my version of them . Some few sentences of the original letters have been purposely omitted in the translation , and ...
... peruse the original letters of Sir William Jones will find in them an elegance which I do not pretend to transfuse into my version of them . Some few sentences of the original letters have been purposely omitted in the translation , and ...
Page viii
... perusal of his correspondence throughout , and particularly of the letters written by him in Bengal , which frequently relate to Indian literature , as well as to subjects and occupations peculiar to that country . The Memoirs and ...
... perusal of his correspondence throughout , and particularly of the letters written by him in Bengal , which frequently relate to Indian literature , as well as to subjects and occupations peculiar to that country . The Memoirs and ...
Page 1
... peruse the line of his ancestry , a barren catalogue of uncouth names would furnish no entertainment to the reader . I shall only transcribe from the list , a single and remarkable name in one of the collateral branches , that of ...
... peruse the line of his ancestry , a barren catalogue of uncouth names would furnish no entertainment to the reader . I shall only transcribe from the list , a single and remarkable name in one of the collateral branches , that of ...
Page 15
... perusal of such English books as she deemed adapted 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 ...
... perusal of such English books as she deemed adapted 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 ...
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