Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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... nature , ( and as books in India are not bound as in Europe , and every leaf is loose , ) he took out one or two leaves , and substituted others " with an adulterous legend . In books of some antiquity , it is not uncommon to see a ...
... nature , ( and as books in India are not bound as in Europe , and every leaf is loose , ) he took out one or two leaves , and substituted others " with an adulterous legend . In books of some antiquity , it is not uncommon to see a ...
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... nature a strong understanding , which was improved by his conversation and instruction . Under his tuition she ... natural to its great author ; but it is more so from the additional advantage of your excellent preface , which I wish ...
... nature a strong understanding , which was improved by his conversation and instruction . Under his tuition she ... natural to its great author ; but it is more so from the additional advantage of your excellent preface , which I wish ...
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... Nature : he acknowledged , however , that he was more enter- tained with the Arabian Tales , and Shakespeare , whose poems and plays he repeatedly perused with increased delight . In the usual recreations of his school - fellows at ...
... Nature : he acknowledged , however , that he was more enter- tained with the Arabian Tales , and Shakespeare , whose poems and plays he repeatedly perused with increased delight . In the usual recreations of his school - fellows at ...
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... nature , nor the best adapted to afford it ; and we may smile at the gravity of the young moralist , contrasted with the familiarity of the circumstances detailed in the latter part of the epistle , which I found no disposition to ...
... nature , nor the best adapted to afford it ; and we may smile at the gravity of the young moralist , contrasted with the familiarity of the circumstances detailed in the latter part of the epistle , which I found no disposition to ...
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... natural im- patience , was however remote , as he had three seniors . His partiality for Oriental literature now began to display itself in the study of the Arabic , to which he was strongly incited by the example and encouragement of a ...
... natural im- patience , was however remote , as he had three seniors . His partiality for Oriental literature now began to display itself in the study of the Arabic , to which he was strongly incited by the example and encouragement of a ...
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