Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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Page x
... tion of the letters now presented to the public ; some have been inserted , as calculated in my opinion to afford entertainment to the reader . I am very sensible that many of these letters relate to topics not generally interesting ...
... tion of the letters now presented to the public ; some have been inserted , as calculated in my opinion to afford entertainment to the reader . I am very sensible that many of these letters relate to topics not generally interesting ...
Page xii
... tion , and he immediately determined to publish it to the world , in another essay which he was then preparing , and which I under- stand to be now printing in Bengal . To guard against the effects of any accident which might prevent ...
... tion , and he immediately determined to publish it to the world , in another essay which he was then preparing , and which I under- stand to be now printing in Bengal . To guard against the effects of any accident which might prevent ...
Page xiv
... tion of an unsuccessful attempt of the Hindûs , to impose upon Sir William Jones , a forged Sanscrit book on oaths . The same sagacity which detected the fraud in this instance , might have discovered the forgery of the pundit employed ...
... tion of an unsuccessful attempt of the Hindûs , to impose upon Sir William Jones , a forged Sanscrit book on oaths . The same sagacity which detected the fraud in this instance , might have discovered the forgery of the pundit employed ...
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... tion , founded upon the honourable and unambiguous testimony of personal merit . His father was the celebrated philosopher and mathematician who so eminently distinguished himself in the commencement of the last century : and a short ...
... tion , founded upon the honourable and unambiguous testimony of personal merit . His father was the celebrated philosopher and mathematician who so eminently distinguished himself in the commencement of the last century : and a short ...
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... tion . But there is a kind of sanction in the characters of the dead , which gives due force and reward to their merits , and defends them from the suggestions of calumny . But to return to the point ; what reason is there to disturb ...
... tion . But there is a kind of sanction in the characters of the dead , which gives due force and reward to their merits , and defends them from the suggestions of calumny . But to return to the point ; what reason is there to disturb ...
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