Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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Page 11
... shews , that your great predecessor , whose illus- trious example I do'nt doubt but you follow , never employed his time about things ordinary . I have no mathematical intelligence to send you . Mr. Keil thinks he has discovered a very ...
... shews , that your great predecessor , whose illus- trious example I do'nt doubt but you follow , never employed his time about things ordinary . I have no mathematical intelligence to send you . Mr. Keil thinks he has discovered a very ...
Page 51
... shews your judgment . I also approve your idea of visiting the East ; but previously to your undertaking it , I would recommend to you , to make yourself master of the common lan- of the Turks , or of the vulgar Arabic , not only as ...
... shews your judgment . I also approve your idea of visiting the East ; but previously to your undertaking it , I would recommend to you , to make yourself master of the common lan- of the Turks , or of the vulgar Arabic , not only as ...
Page 78
... my tragedy is just finished ; and I hope to shew it to your Ladyship in a short time . I am , & c . * Translation of the Life of Nadir Shah . WILLIAM JONES . De De La Fontaine is with us ; he seems very 78 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
... my tragedy is just finished ; and I hope to shew it to your Ladyship in a short time . I am , & c . * Translation of the Life of Nadir Shah . WILLIAM JONES . De De La Fontaine is with us ; he seems very 78 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
Page 103
... shew them the prose afterwards . My Turkish History will go to the press on Monday . Lord Radnor has given me leave , in the most flattering terms , to inscribe it to him . I have a notion I shall be a great talker when I am at the bar ...
... shew them the prose afterwards . My Turkish History will go to the press on Monday . Lord Radnor has given me leave , in the most flattering terms , to inscribe it to him . I have a notion I shall be a great talker when I am at the bar ...
Page 111
... shews , that these topics were ever near his heart : an ardent love of liberty , an enthusiastic veneration for the University , a warm and discriminate eulogium on learned men , who devoted their talents and labours to the cause of ...
... shews , that these topics were ever near his heart : an ardent love of liberty , an enthusiastic veneration for the University , a warm and discriminate eulogium on learned men , who devoted their talents and labours to the cause of ...
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