Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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Page xii
... received from Bengal , long after it had been printed . The passage alluded to , is stated to be an exact translation front one of the mythological books of the Hindûs ; it first appeared in a note annexed by Sir William Jones , to an ...
... received from Bengal , long after it had been printed . The passage alluded to , is stated to be an exact translation front one of the mythological books of the Hindûs ; it first appeared in a note annexed by Sir William Jones , to an ...
Page xiv
... received their education at the uni- versity there and at Cambridge . The inscription on the elegant " of the Puranas . These two sections , as he wrote them , consist of no less than 12,000 " slocas or lines , the title of which he ...
... received their education at the uni- versity there and at Cambridge . The inscription on the elegant " of the Puranas . These two sections , as he wrote them , consist of no less than 12,000 " slocas or lines , the title of which he ...
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... received the best education which they were able to afford : but the industrious exertion of vigorous intellectual powers , supplied the defects of inadequate instruction , and laid the foundation of his future fame and fortune . From ...
... received the best education which they were able to afford : but the industrious exertion of vigorous intellectual powers , supplied the defects of inadequate instruction , and laid the foundation of his future fame and fortune . From ...
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... received with great approbation . He was 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 ...
... received with great approbation . He was 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 ...
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... received Moreton's book . I thank you for the favour you did me in sending it . I have looked over what relates to his way of interpolation ; but I find no cause from thence to make any alteration . The controversy concerning Sir ...
... received Moreton's book . I thank you for the favour you did me in sending it . I have looked over what relates to his way of interpolation ; but I find no cause from thence to make any alteration . The controversy concerning Sir ...
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