Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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Page viii
... appears to have been hastily written , a few months only before his death , and although the dates are sometimes inaccurate , and the notices too brief to supply more than a reference , it suggested enquiries which have sometimes ...
... appears to have been hastily written , a few months only before his death , and although the dates are sometimes inaccurate , and the notices too brief to supply more than a reference , it suggested enquiries which have sometimes ...
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... appear to us , as under a different light than what he does at present ; for the life of no man can be pronounced either happy or miserable , virtuous or abandoned , before the conclusion of it . It was upon this re- flection , that ...
... appear to us , as under a different light than what he does at present ; for the life of no man can be pronounced either happy or miserable , virtuous or abandoned , before the conclusion of it . It was upon this re- flection , that ...
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John Shore Baron Teignmouth. appear as an author , was perhaps prudently checked by the ad- vice of other friends ; and the proposed publication from which he expected an increase of reputation , was reluctantly postponed . This comedy ...
John Shore Baron Teignmouth. appear as an author , was perhaps prudently checked by the ad- vice of other friends ; and the proposed publication from which he expected an increase of reputation , was reluctantly postponed . This comedy ...
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... appear ridiculous when contrasted with the enlarged estimate of a competence in these times . But this sum , in fact , was more than the wise economy of a college life then made necessary for a single man , whose habits of prudence were ...
... appear ridiculous when contrasted with the enlarged estimate of a competence in these times . But this sum , in fact , was more than the wise economy of a college life then made necessary for a single man , whose habits of prudence were ...
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