Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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... king must leave his throne , To pass the Stygian flood . In vain , my Parnell , wrapt in ease , We shun the merchant - marring seas ; In vain we fly from wars ; In vain we shun th ' autumnal blast ; ( The slow Cocytus must be pass'd ...
... king must leave his throne , To pass the Stygian flood . In vain , my Parnell , wrapt in ease , We shun the merchant - marring seas ; In vain we fly from wars ; In vain we shun th ' autumnal blast ; ( The slow Cocytus must be pass'd ...
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... King of Denmark , then upon a visit to this country , had brought with him an eastern manuscript , containing the life of Nadir Shah , which he was desirous of having translated in England . * Introduction to the History of the Life of ...
... King of Denmark , then upon a visit to this country , had brought with him an eastern manuscript , containing the life of Nadir Shah , which he was desirous of having translated in England . * Introduction to the History of the Life of ...
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... king should be obliged to carry the manuscript into France . Incited by these motives , and principally the last , unwilling to be thought churlish or morose , and eager for reputation , he undertook the work , and sent a specimen of it ...
... king should be obliged to carry the manuscript into France . Incited by these motives , and principally the last , unwilling to be thought churlish or morose , and eager for reputation , he undertook the work , and sent a specimen of it ...
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... king himself ; and the others , as presents to his courtiers . Such were the circumstances which induced him , ( as he modestly observed , ) against his inclinations , to describe the life of a con- queror ; and to appear in public as ...
... king himself ; and the others , as presents to his courtiers . Such were the circumstances which induced him , ( as he modestly observed , ) against his inclinations , to describe the life of a con- queror ; and to appear in public as ...
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... king whose dignity we strenuously defend , but whose power is very limited ; the knights , and rooks , and other pieces , have some kind of resemblance to the orders of nobility , who are employed in war , and in the management of ...
... king whose dignity we strenuously defend , but whose power is very limited ; the knights , and rooks , and other pieces , have some kind of resemblance to the orders of nobility , who are employed in war , and in the management of ...
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