Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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... principles of arithmetic and geometry , demonstrated in a short and easy method ; 8vo . 1706 . In the Philosophical Transactions : - A Compendious Disposition of Equations for exhibiting the Relations of Geometrical Lines . A Tract of ...
... principles of arithmetic and geometry , demonstrated in a short and easy method ; 8vo . 1706 . In the Philosophical Transactions : - A Compendious Disposition of Equations for exhibiting the Relations of Geometrical Lines . A Tract of ...
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... ; and having thus acquired principles , he applied them with such skill and success , that in a few months he not only recovered the station from which he had been been degraded , but was at the head of his 16 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
... ; and having thus acquired principles , he applied them with such skill and success , that in a few months he not only recovered the station from which he had been been degraded , but was at the head of his 16 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
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... principles of virtue , and the first symptoms of those " talents which afterwards so eminently distinguished the character " of Sir William Jones . He gave very early proofs of his possessing very extraordinary abilities . His industry ...
... principles of virtue , and the first symptoms of those " talents which afterwards so eminently distinguished the character " of Sir William Jones . He gave very early proofs of his possessing very extraordinary abilities . His industry ...
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... principles . on subjects of taste , on rhetoric , poetry , and practical morals , he complained that he was required to attend dull comments on artificial ethics , and logic detailed in such barbarous Latin , that he professed to know ...
... principles . on subjects of taste , on rhetoric , poetry , and practical morals , he complained that he was required to attend dull comments on artificial ethics , and logic detailed in such barbarous Latin , that he professed to know ...
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... principles of the art , gave him little delight . I know not that he ever afterwards resumed the practice of the harp , nor is it to be regretted that he employed the time , which must have been dedicated to the attainment of any degree ...
... principles of the art , gave him little delight . I know not that he ever afterwards resumed the practice of the harp , nor is it to be regretted that he employed the time , which must have been dedicated to the attainment of any degree ...
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