Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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Page ix
... letters them- selves . By this mode they will excite an interest , which they might have failed to produce , if the substance or subjects of them only had been interwoven into the narrative , with a reference to the letters themselves ...
... letters them- selves . By this mode they will excite an interest , which they might have failed to produce , if the substance or subjects of them only had been interwoven into the narrative , with a reference to the letters themselves ...
Page x
... letters of Sir William Jones , will find in them an elegance which I do not pretend to transfuse into my version of them . Some few sentences of the original letters have been purposely omitted in the translation , and many passages of ...
... letters of Sir William Jones , will find in them an elegance which I do not pretend to transfuse into my version of them . Some few sentences of the original letters have been purposely omitted in the translation , and many passages of ...
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... letter , discovered the purport of it at a glance , and , being desired by her husband to read it , composed in the ... letters is too often a melancholy detail of human misery , exhibiting the unavailing struggles of genius and learning ...
... letter , discovered the purport of it at a glance , and , being desired by her husband to read it , composed in the ... letters is too often a melancholy detail of human misery , exhibiting the unavailing struggles of genius and learning ...
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... letters from Mr. Jones to Mr. Cotes , who was at that time engaged in giving lectures at the college , are preserved ... Letter from Mr. JONES to Mr. COTES . London , September 17th , 1711 . The paper concerning Sir Isaac Newton's method ...
... letters from Mr. Jones to Mr. Cotes , who was at that time engaged in giving lectures at the college , are preserved ... Letter from Mr. JONES to Mr. COTES . London , September 17th , 1711 . The paper concerning Sir Isaac Newton's method ...
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... letter which the young student , at the age of fourteen , wrote to his sister , to console her for the death of a friend . DEAR SISTER , When I received your letter , I was very concerned to hear the death of your friend Mr. Reynolds ...
... letter which the young student , at the age of fourteen , wrote to his sister , to console her for the death of a friend . DEAR SISTER , When I received your letter , I was very concerned to hear the death of your friend Mr. Reynolds ...
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