Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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Page xi
... characters incidentally mentioned , is brief and explanatory only ; and I have suppressed many observations , which would have added more to the bulk of the Memoirs , than to the information or entertainment of the reader . I have now ...
... characters incidentally mentioned , is brief and explanatory only ; and I have suppressed many observations , which would have added more to the bulk of the Memoirs , than to the information or entertainment of the reader . I have now ...
Page xv
... characters of very eminent men cannot be closely examined without a consider- able diminution of the respect , which their general fame has ex- cited . From whatever source this remark may have proceeded , or to whatever degree of truth ...
... characters of very eminent men cannot be closely examined without a consider- able diminution of the respect , which their general fame has ex- cited . From whatever source this remark may have proceeded , or to whatever degree of truth ...
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... character of Mr. Jones was respectable , his manners were agreeable and inviting ; and these qualities not only contributed to enlarge the circle of his friends , whom his established reputation for science had attracted , but also to ...
... character of Mr. Jones was respectable , his manners were agreeable and inviting ; and these qualities not only contributed to enlarge the circle of his friends , whom his established reputation for science had attracted , but also to ...
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... of this picture in the history of Mr. Jones , as we trace him in his progress from obscurity to distinction , and in his participation of of the friendship and beneficence of the first characters of 6 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
... of this picture in the history of Mr. Jones , as we trace him in his progress from obscurity to distinction , and in his participation of of the friendship and beneficence of the first characters of 6 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
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John Shore Baron Teignmouth. of the friendship and beneficence of the first characters of the times . Nor is it less grateful to remark that the attachment of his professed friends did not expire with his life ; after a proper interval ...
John Shore Baron Teignmouth. of the friendship and beneficence of the first characters of the times . Nor is it less grateful to remark that the attachment of his professed friends did not expire with his life ; after a proper interval ...
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