Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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Page x
... original letters have been purposely omitted in the translation , and many passages of the originals themselves have been suppressed . The Latin letters of Sir William Jones are printed in the Ap- pendix , and with respect to them it is ...
... original letters have been purposely omitted in the translation , and many passages of the originals themselves have been suppressed . The Latin letters of Sir William Jones are printed in the Ap- pendix , and with respect to them it is ...
Page xi
... original compositions . of Sir William Jones , which have not hitherto been published ; they are not of equal importance with those , of which the public are in possession ; there are still more , which I have not ventured to print . It ...
... original compositions . of Sir William Jones , which have not hitherto been published ; they are not of equal importance with those , of which the public are in possession ; there are still more , which I have not ventured to print . It ...
Page xiii
... original name of the country , " and putting that of Egypt or of Swetam in its place . " To prevent my detecting those of the second class , which were not numerous , but " of the greatest importance in their nature , ( and as books in ...
... original name of the country , " and putting that of Egypt or of Swetam in its place . " To prevent my detecting those of the second class , which were not numerous , but " of the greatest importance in their nature , ( and as books in ...
Page xiv
... original document had been submitted to the in- spection of Sir William Jones . In this country the fabrications of a Chatterton , escaped for a season , the penetration of the learned and acute . In the Postscript to the Memoirs , I ...
... original document had been submitted to the in- spection of Sir William Jones . In this country the fabrications of a Chatterton , escaped for a season , the penetration of the learned and acute . In the Postscript to the Memoirs , I ...
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... 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 improvement by these extraordinary exertions was so rapid , that he ...
... 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 improvement by these extraordinary exertions was so rapid , that he ...
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