Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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Page ix
... Sir William Jones and his learned correspondents , from the Latin or French , and I have endeavoured to give the sense of them in a plain familiar style . But I must b warn warn the reader , that he is to expect nothing PREFACE . ix.
... Sir William Jones and his learned correspondents , from the Latin or French , and I have endeavoured to give the sense of them in a plain familiar style . But I must b warn warn the reader , that he is to expect nothing PREFACE . ix.
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... learned . To elucidate the life , occupations , and opinions of Sir William Jones , was the principal object which I had in view , in the selec- tion of the letters now presented to the public ; some have been inserted , as calculated ...
... learned . To elucidate the life , occupations , and opinions of Sir William Jones , was the principal object which I had in view , in the selec- tion of the letters now presented to the public ; some have been inserted , as calculated ...
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... learned Hindu , who as- sisted his investigations , that the Purana , in which he actually and carefully read the passage which he communicated to Sir William Jones , as an extract from it , does not contain it , and that it was ...
... learned Hindu , who as- sisted his investigations , that the Purana , in which he actually and carefully read the passage which he communicated to Sir William Jones , as an extract from it , does not contain it , and that it was ...
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... learned and acute . In the Postscript to the Memoirs , I have omitted to mention in its proper place , that a monument was erected at Oxford to the memory of Sir William Jones , by a subscription of the gentlemen residing in Bengal ...
... learned and acute . In the Postscript to the Memoirs , I have omitted to mention in its proper place , that a monument was erected at Oxford to the memory of Sir William Jones , by a subscription of the gentlemen residing in Bengal ...
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... learned British antiquary , to the ancient Princes and Chieftains of North Wales . With whatever delight , however , the Cambrian genealogist might pursue the line of his ancestry , a barren catalogue of uncouth names would furnish no ...
... learned British antiquary , to the ancient Princes and Chieftains of North Wales . With whatever delight , however , the Cambrian genealogist might pursue the line of his ancestry , a barren catalogue of uncouth names would furnish no ...
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