Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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Page 259
... Shahnameh , on the glorious name of the King of England , the book will fly over Iran and Turan , and the deeds of thy nation will blaze like the sun ; if I sing the achieve- ments of the English , the name of Parveiz will be no more ...
... Shahnameh , on the glorious name of the King of England , the book will fly over Iran and Turan , and the deeds of thy nation will blaze like the sun ; if I sing the achieve- ments of the English , the name of Parveiz will be no more ...
Page 381
... Shahnameh ( a poem composed about eight centuries ago ) , has now become a new and exquisitely polished language . The Parsi has so much of the Sanscrit , that it was evi- dently derived from the language of the Brahmans ; but the pure ...
... Shahnameh ( a poem composed about eight centuries ago ) , has now become a new and exquisitely polished language . The Parsi has so much of the Sanscrit , that it was evi- dently derived from the language of the Brahmans ; but the pure ...
Page 529
... Shahnameh . I wish it were in my power to gratify the reader with a translation of it , but I want both time and abilities for the task . I shall , how- ever , venture to present him with the version of a few lines , which Ferdusi puts ...
... Shahnameh . I wish it were in my power to gratify the reader with a translation of it , but I want both time and abilities for the task . I shall , how- ever , venture to present him with the version of a few lines , which Ferdusi puts ...
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