Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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... lives ) his very virtue may incur some evil imputation , and provoke a thousand murmurs of detraction ; for , believe me , my dear sister , there is no instance of any virtue , or social excellence , which has not excited the envy of ...
... lives ) his very virtue may incur some evil imputation , and provoke a thousand murmurs of detraction ; for , believe me , my dear sister , there is no instance of any virtue , or social excellence , which has not excited the envy of ...
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... live ? -decree ; — For on thy voice my fate depends . I send you , as I promised , a prose translation of the Persian Ode , together with an attempt at a poetical version of it , which I will hereafter improve . Pray inform me , whether ...
... live ? -decree ; — For on thy voice my fate depends . I send you , as I promised , a prose translation of the Persian Ode , together with an attempt at a poetical version of it , which I will hereafter improve . Pray inform me , whether ...
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... lives , I should scarcely find time for the due execution of all the public and private projects which I have in mind ! SIR ; Mr. BATES to , W. JONES , Esq .. March 27th , 1771 , Last night , I received from Mr. Williams your most ...
... lives , I should scarcely find time for the due execution of all the public and private projects which I have in mind ! SIR ; Mr. BATES to , W. JONES , Esq .. March 27th , 1771 , Last night , I received from Mr. Williams your most ...
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... lives of a most amiable youth , ( named Mujnoon , or the Frantic , from his mad passion ) and his mistress , the beautiful Leili . The loves of Khosro and the adorable Sherin , form the subject of the third poem . Khosro was the twenty ...
... lives of a most amiable youth , ( named Mujnoon , or the Frantic , from his mad passion ) and his mistress , the beautiful Leili . The loves of Khosro and the adorable Sherin , form the subject of the third poem . Khosro was the twenty ...
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... live in these degenerate days . " I could say much more , but I yield to the imperious summons ( not of Proserpine I hope , but ) of the goddess , if there be one , who presides over our tribunals . You may expect longer letters in ...
... live in these degenerate days . " I could say much more , but I yield to the imperious summons ( not of Proserpine I hope , but ) of the goddess , if there be one , who presides over our tribunals . You may expect longer letters in ...
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