Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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... ancient Princes and Chieftains of North Wales . With whatever delight , however , the Cambrian genealogist might pursue the line of his ancestry , a barren catalogue of uncouth names would furnish no entertainment to the reader . I ...
... ancient Princes and Chieftains of North Wales . With whatever delight , however , the Cambrian genealogist might pursue the line of his ancestry , a barren catalogue of uncouth names would furnish no entertainment to the reader . I ...
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... Ancient Britons ( and still retained in Anglesey ) for the most knowing among them in the descent of families , to send their friends of the same stock or family , a dydd calan Ionawr a calennig , a present of their pedigree ; which was ...
... Ancient Britons ( and still retained in Anglesey ) for the most knowing among them in the descent of families , to send their friends of the same stock or family , a dydd calan Ionawr a calennig , a present of their pedigree ; which was ...
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... ancient name . Some of their school - fellows consented to be styled barbarians , who were to invade their territories and attack their hillocks , which were denominated fortresses . The chiefs vigorously defended their respective ...
... ancient name . Some of their school - fellows consented to be styled barbarians , who were to invade their territories and attack their hillocks , which were denominated fortresses . The chiefs vigorously defended their respective ...
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... ancient authors ; nor did he confine himself merely to the compositions of Greece and Rome ; he learned the Arabic characters , and studied the Hebrew language sufficiently to enable him to read some of the Psalms in the original . His ...
... ancient authors ; nor did he confine himself merely to the compositions of Greece and Rome ; he learned the Arabic characters , and studied the Hebrew language sufficiently to enable him to read some of the Psalms in the original . His ...
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... ancient language , he discovered , what he never before suspected , a near connection between the modern Persic and Arabic , and he immediately determined to acquire the former . He accordingly studied it with attention in the only ...
... ancient language , he discovered , what he never before suspected , a near connection between the modern Persic and Arabic , and he immediately determined to acquire the former . He accordingly studied it with attention in the only ...
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