Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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John Shore Baron Teignmouth. indolence ; his mother was his constant companion , and amused him daily with the perusal of such English books , as she deemed adapted to his taste and capacity . The juvenile poems of Pope , and Dryden's ...
John Shore Baron Teignmouth. indolence ; his mother was his constant companion , and amused him daily with the perusal of such English books , as she deemed adapted to his taste and capacity . The juvenile poems of Pope , and Dryden's ...
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... amuse themselves with the representation of a play ; and at his recommendation they fixed upon the Tempest : as it was not readily to be procured , he wrote it for them so correctly from memory , that they acted it with great ...
... amuse themselves with the representation of a play ; and at his recommendation they fixed upon the Tempest : as it was not readily to be procured , he wrote it for them so correctly from memory , that they acted it with great ...
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... Harrow , Jones was rarely a partaker ; and the hours which they allotted to amuse- ment , he generally devoted to improvement . The following anec- dote 1 dote strongly indicates the turn of his mind , and SIR WILLIAM JONES . 19.
... Harrow , Jones was rarely a partaker ; and the hours which they allotted to amuse- ment , he generally devoted to improvement . The following anec- dote 1 dote strongly indicates the turn of his mind , and SIR WILLIAM JONES . 19.
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... amused the legal friends of his mother , by reasoning with them on old cases , which were supposed to be confined to the learned in the profession . The law , however , at that time , had little attraction for him ; and he felt no ...
... amused the legal friends of his mother , by reasoning with them on old cases , which were supposed to be confined to the learned in the profession . The law , however , at that time , had little attraction for him ; and he felt no ...
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... amused himself with the study of botany , and in collecting fossils . " In general , the same pursuits which gave employment to his " mature understanding , were the first objccts of his youthful " attention . 66 66 " attention . The ...
... amused himself with the study of botany , and in collecting fossils . " In general , the same pursuits which gave employment to his " mature understanding , were the first objccts of his youthful " attention . 66 66 " attention . The ...
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