Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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... write two voluminous sections , supposed to belong , one to the Scanda - Purana , and the " other to the Bramúndu , in which he connected all the legends together , in the usual style " of In the 325th page of the Memoirs , the reader ...
... write two voluminous sections , supposed to belong , one to the Scanda - Purana , and the " other to the Bramúndu , in which he connected all the legends together , in the usual style " of In the 325th page of the Memoirs , the reader ...
Page 8
... write against him , than have a piece done in that manner in his favour ) he got a stop put to it , for some time at least . Dr. Halley has almost finished the printing of Her character , as delineated by her husband with somewhat 8 ...
... write against him , than have a piece done in that manner in his favour ) he got a stop put to it , for some time at least . Dr. Halley has almost finished the printing of Her character , as delineated by her husband with somewhat 8 ...
Page 19
... writer , and was frequently heard to repeat with particular satisfaction the rule in the Andria : Facile omnes perferre et pati , Nunquam præponens se aliis . Such was the extent of his attainments , and such his facility of composition ...
... writer , and was frequently heard to repeat with particular satisfaction the rule in the Andria : Facile omnes perferre et pati , Nunquam præponens se aliis . Such was the extent of his attainments , and such his facility of composition ...
Page 20
... writes ) " from the early age of eight or nine , and he was always an uncommon boy . Great " abilities , great particularity of thinking , fondness for writing verses and plays of various kinds , and a degree of integrity and manly ...
... writes ) " from the early age of eight or nine , and he was always an uncommon boy . Great " abilities , great particularity of thinking , fondness for writing verses and plays of various kinds , and a degree of integrity and manly ...
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... write them from his dictation . He employed the intervals of suspended duty , which he was reluctantly compelled to admit , in learning chess , by practising the games of Philidor . During the vacations , his application was directed to ...
... write them from his dictation . He employed the intervals of suspended duty , which he was reluctantly compelled to admit , in learning chess , by practising the games of Philidor . During the vacations , his application was directed to ...
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