Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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... Person killed by Lightning in Tottenham - court Chapel , and its Effects on the Building . Properties of Conic Sections , deduced by a compendious method . He was also the editor of some mathematical works of Sir Isaac Newton , under ...
... Person killed by Lightning in Tottenham - court Chapel , and its Effects on the Building . Properties of Conic Sections , deduced by a compendious method . He was also the editor of some mathematical works of Sir Isaac Newton , under ...
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... person's death very superfluous , and inconsistent with sense ; for what is the cause of our sorrow ? Is it because we hate the person deceased ? that were to imply strange contradiction , to express our joy by the common signs of ...
... person's death very superfluous , and inconsistent with sense ; for what is the cause of our sorrow ? Is it because we hate the person deceased ? that were to imply strange contradiction , to express our joy by the common signs of ...
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... person and conversation made upon the heart of Mr. Jones , his fixed ideas of an honourable independence , and a determined reso- lution never to owe his fortune to a wife , or her kindred , excluded all ideas of a matrimonial ...
... person and conversation made upon the heart of Mr. Jones , his fixed ideas of an honourable independence , and a determined reso- lution never to owe his fortune to a wife , or her kindred , excluded all ideas of a matrimonial ...
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... person in England , at that time , capable of producing a work , which required a critical knowledge of two foreign languages , one of which was scarcely known in Europe . Indeed , when we consider the accuracy of the translation ...
... person in England , at that time , capable of producing a work , which required a critical knowledge of two foreign languages , one of which was scarcely known in Europe . Indeed , when we consider the accuracy of the translation ...
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... person who applied to me for the first book of the Iliad , with a verbal analysis , already possesses the key to Homer ; but he Appendix , No. 6 . * thinks the other work better adapted to the use of thinks SIR WILLIAM JONES . 55.
... person who applied to me for the first book of the Iliad , with a verbal analysis , already possesses the key to Homer ; but he Appendix , No. 6 . * thinks the other work better adapted to the use of thinks SIR WILLIAM JONES . 55.
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