Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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... Italian , Books he had always at command ; for his mother , who contemplated with delight the progress of her son , with a wise liberality allowed him unlimited credit on her purse . But of this indulgence , as he knew that her finances ...
... Italian , Books he had always at command ; for his mother , who contemplated with delight the progress of her son , with a wise liberality allowed him unlimited credit on her purse . But of this indulgence , as he knew that her finances ...
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... Italian , Spanish , and Portuguese , following in all respects the plan of education recommended by Milton , which he had by heart ; and thus , to transcribe an observation of his own , with the fortune of a peasant , giving himself the ...
... Italian , Spanish , and Portuguese , following in all respects the plan of education recommended by Milton , which he had by heart ; and thus , to transcribe an observation of his own , with the fortune of a peasant , giving himself the ...
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... Italian sonnet , and expressing the commendation to which it is entitled.- Farewel . † Mr. JONES to C. REVICZKI . April 1768 . Nothing can afford a stronger proof of your polite attention to me , than your last very friendly letter ...
... Italian sonnet , and expressing the commendation to which it is entitled.- Farewel . † Mr. JONES to C. REVICZKI . April 1768 . Nothing can afford a stronger proof of your polite attention to me , than your last very friendly letter ...
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... already detailed , and are repeated in another letter ; the particular mention made of them in the letter before the reader , is therefore un- translated . the the winter with his family in Italy , or the SIR WILLIAM JONES . 71.
... already detailed , and are repeated in another letter ; the particular mention made of them in the letter before the reader , is therefore un- translated . the the winter with his family in Italy , or the SIR WILLIAM JONES . 71.
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John Shore Baron Teignmouth. the winter with his family in Italy , or the South of France . I was therefore under the necessity of entrusting my history ( as the King of Denmark was anxious for its publication ) to a Frenchman , upon ...
John Shore Baron Teignmouth. the winter with his family in Italy , or the South of France . I was therefore under the necessity of entrusting my history ( as the King of Denmark was anxious for its publication ) to a Frenchman , upon ...
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