Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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Page xi
... importance with those , of which the public are in possession ; there are still more , which I have not ventured to print . It would have been easy to have enlarged the size of this volume , but having no ambition to extend it beyond ...
... importance with those , of which the public are in possession ; there are still more , which I have not ventured to print . It would have been easy to have enlarged the size of this volume , but having no ambition to extend it beyond ...
Page xii
John Shore Baron Teignmouth. Preface , without mentioning some information which materially affects an important passage in the S67th page of the Memoirs , and which I received from Bengal , long after it had been printed . The passage ...
John Shore Baron Teignmouth. Preface , without mentioning some information which materially affects an important passage in the S67th page of the Memoirs , and which I received from Bengal , long after it had been printed . The passage ...
Page xiii
... importance in their nature , ( and as books in India are not bound as in Europe , and every leaf is loose , ) he took out one or two leaves , and substituted others " with an adulterous legend . In books of some antiquity , it is not ...
... importance in their nature , ( and as books in India are not bound as in Europe , and every leaf is loose , ) he took out one or two leaves , and substituted others " with an adulterous legend . In books of some antiquity , it is not ...
Page xiv
... importance , and is said to be extracted " from the Padma . It contains the history of Noah and his three sons , and is written in a masterly style . But unfortunately there is not a word of it to be found in that " Purana . It is ...
... importance , and is said to be extracted " from the Padma . It contains the history of Noah and his three sons , and is written in a masterly style . But unfortunately there is not a word of it to be found in that " Purana . It is ...
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... important assistance , in arranging the collection of shells , fossils , and other curiosities , left by her ... importance , and had sent the first sheet of it to the press , when the indisposition , which terminated in his death ...
... important assistance , in arranging the collection of shells , fossils , and other curiosities , left by her ... importance , and had sent the first sheet of it to the press , when the indisposition , which terminated in his death ...
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