Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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... pleasure , I shall be glad of it ; if not , commit it to the flames : and believe me to be , with truth and sincerity , & c . LEWIS MORRIS . " Leaving the genealogical splendour of the family of Sir William Jones to the contemplation of ...
... pleasure , I shall be glad of it ; if not , commit it to the flames : and believe me to be , with truth and sincerity , & c . LEWIS MORRIS . " Leaving the genealogical splendour of the family of Sir William Jones to the contemplation of ...
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... pleasure I received your inestimable present of the Principia , and am much concerned to find myself so deeply charged with obligations to you , and such I fear as all my future endeavours will never be able to requite . This edition is ...
... pleasure I received your inestimable present of the Principia , and am much concerned to find myself so deeply charged with obligations to you , and such I fear as all my future endeavours will never be able to requite . This edition is ...
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... pleasure of your conversation , I would certainly give you any consolatory advice that lay in my power , and make it business to convince you what a real share I take in your chagrin . And yet to reason philosophically , I cannot help ...
... pleasure of your conversation , I would certainly give you any consolatory advice that lay in my power , and make it business to convince you what a real share I take in your chagrin . And yet to reason philosophically , I cannot help ...
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... pleasure , though I could have wished that it had been more just to your own merit , and less flattering to me . I will not however take your expressions literally ; and notwithstanding your declarations , the taste and judgment which ...
... pleasure , though I could have wished that it had been more just to your own merit , and less flattering to me . I will not however take your expressions literally ; and notwithstanding your declarations , the taste and judgment which ...
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... pleasure , although I am willing to allow that some of them have merit . In my opinion , Ruhi , of Bagdat , is the most agreeable of them all ; he has written some admirable satires . Perhaps you are not acquainted with him . The ...
... pleasure , although I am willing to allow that some of them have merit . In my opinion , Ruhi , of Bagdat , is the most agreeable of them all ; he has written some admirable satires . Perhaps you are not acquainted with him . The ...
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