Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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John Shore Baron Teignmouth. MADAM , 470 J772 1806 I HAVE the honour to present to your Ladyship , the MEMOIRS of the LIFE of Sir WILLIAM JONES ; and it will afford me the sincerest pleasure to know , that the expectations which induced ...
John Shore Baron Teignmouth. MADAM , 470 J772 1806 I HAVE the honour to present to your Ladyship , the MEMOIRS of the LIFE of Sir WILLIAM JONES ; and it will afford me the sincerest pleasure to know , that the expectations which induced ...
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... present of their pedigree ; which was in order , I presume , to keep up a friendship among rela- tions , which these people preserved surprisingly , and do to this day among the meanest of them , to the sixth and seventh degree . Some ...
... present of their pedigree ; which was in order , I presume , to keep up a friendship among rela- tions , which these people preserved surprisingly , and do to this day among the meanest of them , to the sixth and seventh degree . Some ...
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... present at the capture of Vigo , in 1702 ; and , having joined his comrades in quest of pillage , he eagerly fixed upon a bookseller's shop as the object of his depredation ; but finding in it no literary treasures , which were the sole ...
... present at the capture of Vigo , in 1702 ; and , having joined his comrades in quest of pillage , he eagerly fixed upon a bookseller's shop as the object of his depredation ; but finding in it no literary treasures , which were the sole ...
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... present , only Mr. Demoire's Treatise on Chances , which makes a whole transaction . He is very fond of it , and we may expect it well done . Mr. Raphson has printed off four or five sheets of his history of Fluxions , but being shewed ...
... present , only Mr. Demoire's Treatise on Chances , which makes a whole transaction . He is very fond of it , and we may expect it well done . Mr. Raphson has printed off four or five sheets of his history of Fluxions , but being shewed ...
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... 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 indeed exceedingly beautiful , and ...
... 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 indeed exceedingly beautiful , and ...
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