Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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Page xviii
... Persian 519 5. Plassey Plain . A Ballad 521 6 . On seeing Miss * * * ride by him without knowing her 523 7. Au Firmament 8. Song · Sohrab , an Heroic Poem , designed by Sir William Jones . A sketch Fac Simile of the Hand Writing of Sir ...
... Persian 519 5. Plassey Plain . A Ballad 521 6 . On seeing Miss * * * ride by him without knowing her 523 7. Au Firmament 8. Song · Sohrab , an Heroic Poem , designed by Sir William Jones . A sketch Fac Simile of the Hand Writing of Sir ...
Page 33
... Persian grammar then extant ; and having laboured diligently at the Gulistan of Sadi , assisted by the accurate but inelegant version of Gentius , and at the well chosen praxis at the close of Meninski's grammar , he found his exertions ...
... Persian grammar then extant ; and having laboured diligently at the Gulistan of Sadi , assisted by the accurate but inelegant version of Gentius , and at the well chosen praxis at the close of Meninski's grammar , he found his exertions ...
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... Persian history , and some popular tales from the Persic , as capable of gratifying the wishes of his Danish Majesty . Major Dow , the writer alluded to , excused himself on account of his numerous engagements , and the application to ...
... Persian history , and some popular tales from the Persic , as capable of gratifying the wishes of his Danish Majesty . Major Dow , the writer alluded to , excused himself on account of his numerous engagements , and the application to ...
Page 43
... half hour to me , in which we conversed on Persian poetry , our mutual delight . I considered it * Appendix , No. 1 . the the commencement of a most agreeable friendship and intercourse between SIR WILLIAM JONES . 43.
... half hour to me , in which we conversed on Persian poetry , our mutual delight . I considered it * Appendix , No. 1 . the the commencement of a most agreeable friendship and intercourse between SIR WILLIAM JONES . 43.
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... Persians The remainder of this letter is lost : but from the context , and the answer of Reviczki , we may conclude that it contained an ela- borate panegyric on Eastern poetry , expressed with all the rapture which novelty inspires ...
... Persians The remainder of this letter is lost : but from the context , and the answer of Reviczki , we may conclude that it contained an ela- borate panegyric on Eastern poetry , expressed with all the rapture which novelty inspires ...
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