Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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... Poem , in twelve books Britain Discovered , an Heroic Poem 475 483 B. A Prefatory Discourse to An Essay on the History of the Turks 491 No. 1 . De Græcis Oratoribus 515 2 . Terzetti 516 3. An Ode of Jami 519 4 . A Song from the Persian ...
... Poem , in twelve books Britain Discovered , an Heroic Poem 475 483 B. A Prefatory Discourse to An Essay on the History of the Turks 491 No. 1 . De Græcis Oratoribus 515 2 . Terzetti 516 3. An Ode of Jami 519 4 . A Song from the Persian ...
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... poems of Pope , and Dryden's Translation of the Eneid , afforded him incessant delight , and excited his poetical talents , which displayed themselves in the composition of verses in imitation of his favourite authors . But his progress ...
... poems of Pope , and Dryden's Translation of the Eneid , afforded him incessant delight , and excited his poetical talents , which displayed themselves in the composition of verses in imitation of his favourite authors . But his progress ...
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... poems and plays he repeatedly perused with increased delight . In the usual recreations of his school - fellows at Harrow , Jones was rarely a partaker ; and the hours which they allotted to amuse- ment , he generally devoted to ...
... poems and plays he repeatedly perused with increased delight . In the usual recreations of his school - fellows at Harrow , Jones was rarely a partaker ; and the hours which they allotted to amuse- ment , he generally devoted to ...
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... poems , composed by Mr. Jones , at Harrow , was presented by him to his friend Parnell , in 1763. The first and longest ... poem , which he afterwards published under the title of Arcadia * . The variations between his first attempt and ...
... poems , composed by Mr. Jones , at Harrow , was presented by him to his friend Parnell , in 1763. The first and longest ... poem , which he afterwards published under the title of Arcadia * . The variations between his first attempt and ...
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... poems , in the hand - writing of Mr. Jones , was presented to Lady Jones , by Sir John Parnell , a few weeks only before his death . I select as a specimen of Mr. Jones's poetical ' talents , at the age of fourteen , the shortest in the ...
... poems , in the hand - writing of Mr. Jones , was presented to Lady Jones , by Sir John Parnell , a few weeks only before his death . I select as a specimen of Mr. Jones's poetical ' talents , at the age of fourteen , the shortest in the ...
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