Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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... attention proportioned to his ability to comprehend them . In his fifth year , as he was one morning turning over the leaves of a Bible in his mother's closet , his attention was forcibly arrested by the sublime description of the angel ...
... attention proportioned to his ability to comprehend them . In his fifth year , as he was one morning turning over the leaves of a Bible in his mother's closet , his attention was forcibly arrested by the sublime description of the angel ...
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... attention , he made little progress in it ; nor was he encouraged to perseverance by his mother , who , intending him for a public education , was unwilling to perplex his mind with the study of a dead language , before he had acquired ...
... attention , he made little progress in it ; nor was he encouraged to perseverance by his mother , who , intending him for a public education , was unwilling to perplex his mind with the study of a dead language , before he had acquired ...
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... attention , that he frequently 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 ...
... attention , that he frequently 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 ...
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... attention . 66 66 " attention . The same disposition formed the most distinguished 28 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
... attention . 66 66 " attention . The same disposition formed the most distinguished 28 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
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John Shore Baron Teignmouth. " attention . The same disposition formed the most distinguished “ features at an early , and at a late period of his life . A decision " of mind , and a strict attachment to virtue , an enthusiastic love of ...
John Shore Baron Teignmouth. " attention . The same disposition formed the most distinguished “ features at an early , and at a late period of his life . A decision " of mind , and a strict attachment to virtue , an enthusiastic love of ...
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