Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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Page 22
... Cicero . During the last months of his residence at Harrow , Dr. Sumner not only dispensed with his at- tendance at school , but was obliged to interdict his application , in consequence of a weakness of sight contracted by it . His com ...
... Cicero . During the last months of his residence at Harrow , Dr. Sumner not only dispensed with his at- tendance at school , but was obliged to interdict his application , in consequence of a weakness of sight contracted by it . His com ...
Page 26
... Cicero for the pleadings in Westminster - Hall . His disgust to the study of the law had also been particularly excited , by the perusal of some old and inaccu- rate abridgement of law - cases in barbarous Latin . This disinclination on ...
... Cicero for the pleadings in Westminster - Hall . His disgust to the study of the law had also been particularly excited , by the perusal of some old and inaccu- rate abridgement of law - cases in barbarous Latin . This disinclination on ...
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... our inn are scarcely thirty paces from the sea , and , as Ovid beautifully says- Tired , on the uniform expanse I gaze . * Appendix , No. 12 . L I have I have therefore no other resource than , with Cicero SIR WILLIAM JONES . 73.
... our inn are scarcely thirty paces from the sea , and , as Ovid beautifully says- Tired , on the uniform expanse I gaze . * Appendix , No. 12 . L I have I have therefore no other resource than , with Cicero SIR WILLIAM JONES . 73.
Page 74
... Cicero says to Luc- ceius ) a very fine epistle , but one that I cannot but think would be acceptable to you , because it was very long , and contained , besides , much information respecting myself . After a sufficient time for the ...
... Cicero says to Luc- ceius ) a very fine epistle , but one that I cannot but think would be acceptable to you , because it was very long , and contained , besides , much information respecting myself . After a sufficient time for the ...
Page 101
... Cicero says of his Commentaries ) " the French nation . " goes on Hafez , our mutual delight ? Shall we never see your translation of his charming odes ? Tell me , if you like my English version of the second odet ? it has been ...
... Cicero says of his Commentaries ) " the French nation . " goes on Hafez , our mutual delight ? Shall we never see your translation of his charming odes ? Tell me , if you like my English version of the second odet ? it has been ...
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