Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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... language having nothing to capti- vate his childish attention , he made little progress in it ; nor was he encouraged to perseverance by his mother , who , intending him for a public education , was unwilling to perplex his mind with ...
... language having nothing to capti- vate his childish attention , he made little progress in it ; nor was he encouraged to perseverance by his mother , who , intending him for a public education , was unwilling to perplex his mind with ...
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... language sufficiently to enable him to read some of the Psalms in the original . His ardour for knowledge was so unlimited , that he frequently devoted whole nights to study , taking coffee or tea as an antidote to drowsiness ; and his ...
... language sufficiently to enable him to read some of the Psalms in the original . His ardour for knowledge was so unlimited , that he frequently devoted whole nights to study , taking coffee or tea as an antidote to drowsiness ; and his ...
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... language . I come now , after a long interval , to mention some more private circumstances . Pray give my duty to my Mamma , and thank her for my shirts . They fit , in my opinion , very well ; though Biddy says they are too little in ...
... language . I come now , after a long interval , to mention some more private circumstances . Pray give my duty to my Mamma , and thank her for my shirts . They fit , in my opinion , very well ; though Biddy says they are too little in ...
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... language . His compositions were distinguished by his precise application of every word , agreeably to the most strict " classical authority . He imitated the choruses of Sophocles so " successfully , that his writings seemed to be ...
... language . His compositions were distinguished by his precise application of every word , agreeably to the most strict " classical authority . He imitated the choruses of Sophocles so " successfully , that his writings seemed to be ...
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... language of Chaucer , as the only model he could take for a specimen of the English Doric . Spenser speaks in his own dialect , and , as the poet says , Masks in the roughest veil the sweetest song . In the original essay , Mr. Jones ...
... language of Chaucer , as the only model he could take for a specimen of the English Doric . Spenser speaks in his own dialect , and , as the poet says , Masks in the roughest veil the sweetest song . In the original essay , Mr. Jones ...
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