Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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... elegance which I do not pretend to transfuse into my version of them . Some few sentences of the original letters ... elegant , and correct the errors of the learned . To elucidate the life , occupations , and opinions of Sir William ...
... elegance which I do not pretend to transfuse into my version of them . Some few sentences of the original letters ... elegant , and correct the errors of the learned . To elucidate the life , occupations , and opinions of Sir William ...
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... elegant " of the Puranas . These two sections , as he wrote them , consist of no less than 12,000 " slocas or lines , the title of which he borrowed . " The above is an extract from Mr. Wilford's Essay , and affords a remarkable though ...
... elegant " of the Puranas . These two sections , as he wrote them , consist of no less than 12,000 " slocas or lines , the title of which he borrowed . " The above is an extract from Mr. Wilford's Essay , and affords a remarkable though ...
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... elegant edition of small tracts on the higher mathematics , in a mode which obtained the approbation , and increased the esteem , of the author for him . After the retirement of Lord Macclesfield to Sherborne Castle , Mr. Jones resided ...
... elegant edition of small tracts on the higher mathematics , in a mode which obtained the approbation , and increased the esteem , of the author for him . After the retirement of Lord Macclesfield to Sherborne Castle , Mr. Jones resided ...
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... elegance of that writer , and was frequently heard to repeat with particular satisfaction the rule in the Andria : Facile omnes perferre et pati , Nunquam præponens se aliis . Such was the extent of his attainments , and such his ...
... elegance of that writer , and was frequently heard to repeat with particular satisfaction the rule in the Andria : Facile omnes perferre et pati , Nunquam præponens se aliis . Such was the extent of his attainments , and such his ...
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... elegant present . I am now very much taken up with study ; am to speak Antony's speech in Shakespeare's Julius Cæsar ( which play I will read to you when I come to town ) , and am this week to makẹ a declamation . I add no more than the ...
... elegant present . I am now very much taken up with study ; am to speak Antony's speech in Shakespeare's Julius Cæsar ( which play I will read to you when I come to town ) , and am this week to makẹ a declamation . I add no more than the ...
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