Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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Page 51
... words , not to mention nearly a complete ode in another place ; but I am disgusted with the flat and perpetual imitation of the many Turkish poets , to whom we may aptly apply the words of Horace : O servile herd of imitators ...
... words , not to mention nearly a complete ode in another place ; but I am disgusted with the flat and perpetual imitation of the many Turkish poets , to whom we may aptly apply the words of Horace : O servile herd of imitators ...
Page 101
... Turkish language , with many others printed at Constantinople , including a most beautiful copy of the Odes of ... Turkey ; as in that case , I should wish to procure them . What news from Turkey ? no mention of Peace ? Whenever the war ...
... Turkish language , with many others printed at Constantinople , including a most beautiful copy of the Odes of ... Turkey ; as in that case , I should wish to procure them . What news from Turkey ? no mention of Peace ? Whenever the war ...
Page 192
... languages , as the means of acquiring accurate knowledge of the 1. HISTORY of 1. Man . 2. Nature . II . ARTS . 1. Rhetorick . 2 ... languages are , Greek , Latin , Italian , French , Spanish , Portuguese , Hebrew , Arabic , Persian , Turkish ...
... languages , as the means of acquiring accurate knowledge of the 1. HISTORY of 1. Man . 2. Nature . II . ARTS . 1. Rhetorick . 2 ... languages are , Greek , Latin , Italian , French , Spanish , Portuguese , Hebrew , Arabic , Persian , Turkish ...
Page 376
... languages . I might extend the list , by specifying other dialects which he ... language , and the necessity of ac- quiring the languages of those people ... Turkish . Twelve studied least perfectly , but all attainable : Tibetian ...
... languages . I might extend the list , by specifying other dialects which he ... language , and the necessity of ac- quiring the languages of those people ... Turkish . Twelve studied least perfectly , but all attainable : Tibetian ...
Page 491
... Turkish em- pire , yet few of them , as it evidently appears , understood the languages that are spoken in it , without which their knowledge could not fail of being very superficial and precarious . It has generally happened , that the ...
... Turkish em- pire , yet few of them , as it evidently appears , understood the languages that are spoken in it , without which their knowledge could not fail of being very superficial and precarious . It has generally happened , that the ...
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