Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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... labour , having acquired a competent knowledge of the rules of prosody , he com- posed verses in imitation of Ovid ; a task , which had never been required from any of the students in the lower school at Harrow . The behaviour of the ...
... labour , having acquired a competent knowledge of the rules of prosody , he com- posed verses in imitation of Ovid ; a task , which had never been required from any of the students in the lower school at Harrow . The behaviour of the ...
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... labour to assist its circula- tion . But there is a kind of sanction in the characters of the dead , which gives due force and reward to their merits , and defends them from the suggestions of calumny . But to return to the point ; what ...
... labour to assist its circula- tion . But there is a kind of sanction in the characters of the dead , which gives due force and reward to their merits , and defends them from the suggestions of calumny . But to return to the point ; what ...
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... labour , this our care ? ) Shall stain the stucco floor . 1760 . The new situation of Mr. Jones , at the University , did not at first correspond with his expectations . Under the tuition of a master , who saw with admiration his ...
... labour , this our care ? ) Shall stain the stucco floor . 1760 . The new situation of Mr. Jones , at the University , did not at first correspond with his expectations . Under the tuition of a master , who saw with admiration his ...
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... labours , he thought it would ill become him to mention at the head of a work , in which he professed to be the historian of others , and not of himself : but , to repel the false assertions which appeared in an advertisement on this ...
... labours , he thought it would ill become him to mention at the head of a work , in which he professed to be the historian of others , and not of himself : but , to repel the false assertions which appeared in an advertisement on this ...
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... labour to give a mystical interpretation of his verses on wine , youths , pleasures , and a contempt for religion , so discreditable to a good mussulman ; but the ablest of them all , the learned Sadi , disclaims this mode of ...
... labour to give a mystical interpretation of his verses on wine , youths , pleasures , and a contempt for religion , so discreditable to a good mussulman ; but the ablest of them all , the learned Sadi , disclaims this mode of ...
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