Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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... religion , so discreditable to a good mussulman ; but the ablest of them all , the learned Sadi , disclaims this ... religious were disposed to deny his body the right of sepulture , alleging in objection , the licentiousness of his ...
... religion , so discreditable to a good mussulman ; but the ablest of them all , the learned Sadi , disclaims this ... religious were disposed to deny his body the right of sepulture , alleging in objection , the licentiousness of his ...
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John Shore Baron Teignmouth. This passage was deemed a divine decision ; the religious with- drew their objections , and he was buried in Mosella , a place rendered famous by his own verses . This anecdote , I think , is related by Kaleb ...
John Shore Baron Teignmouth. This passage was deemed a divine decision ; the religious with- drew their objections , and he was buried in Mosella , a place rendered famous by his own verses . This anecdote , I think , is related by Kaleb ...
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... Religion has not been mentioned as an object of his study , and he may be solicitous to know his opinions on this important subject , and whether he had made any , and what , progress in that knowledge , in comparison of which all ...
... Religion has not been mentioned as an object of his study , and he may be solicitous to know his opinions on this important subject , and whether he had made any , and what , progress in that knowledge , in comparison of which all ...
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... Religion , " by Bishop Beveridge , with considerable attention ; and he was particularly struck with a passage , in which the pious author argues , that a profession of Christianity merely because our countrymen profess it , without a ...
... Religion , " by Bishop Beveridge , with considerable attention ; and he was particularly struck with a passage , in which the pious author argues , that a profession of Christianity merely because our countrymen profess it , without a ...
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... Religion . These Propositions appear to have been written near the period of the preceding conversation at Harrow . They are not expressed with such accuracy or elegance , as to justify a supposi- tion that they were intended to be made ...
... Religion . These Propositions appear to have been written near the period of the preceding conversation at Harrow . They are not expressed with such accuracy or elegance , as to justify a supposi- tion that they were intended to be made ...
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