Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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... particularly of the letters written by him in Bengal , which frequently relate to Indian literature , as well as to subjects and occupations peculiar to that country . The Memoirs and Appendix contain some original compositions . of Sir ...
... particularly of the letters written by him in Bengal , which frequently relate to Indian literature , as well as to subjects and occupations peculiar to that country . The Memoirs and Appendix contain some original compositions . of Sir ...
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... particularly obliged , I mention with re- spect , Mr. Baker , author of a Treatise on the Improved Microscope , who afforded her important assistance , in arranging the collection of shells , fossils , and other curiosities , left by ...
... particularly obliged , I mention with re- spect , Mr. Baker , author of a Treatise on the Improved Microscope , who afforded her important assistance , in arranging the collection of shells , fossils , and other curiosities , left by ...
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... particularly attended at the same time to the cultivation of his memory , by making him learn and repeat some of the popular speeches in Shakespeare , and the best of Gay's Fables . If , from the subsequent eminence of Sir William Jones ...
... particularly attended at the same time to the cultivation of his memory , by making him learn and repeat some of the popular speeches in Shakespeare , and the best of Gay's Fables . If , from the subsequent eminence of Sir William Jones ...
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... particularly gratified with an invitation to attend the meetings of learned and ingenious men , at the house of that amiable philo- sopher , Mr. Baker , and his friend , Mr. Pond . As an introduction to the knowledge of the subjects ...
... particularly gratified with an invitation to attend the meetings of learned and ingenious men , at the house of that amiable philo- sopher , Mr. Baker , and his friend , Mr. Pond . As an introduction to the knowledge of the subjects ...
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... particularly excited , by the perusal of some old and inaccu- rate abridgement of law - cases in barbarous Latin . This disinclination on his part , the solicitude of Dr. Sumner , that he should devote some years to the completion of ...
... particularly excited , by the perusal of some old and inaccu- rate abridgement of law - cases in barbarous Latin . This disinclination on his part , the solicitude of Dr. Sumner , that he should devote some years to the completion of ...
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