Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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... Brahmans is not only to teach the youths of their sect , but to relieve those who are poor . I made many presents to poor scholars and others in distress , and for " this purpose I anticipated my income : I was then obliged to bor ...
... Brahmans is not only to teach the youths of their sect , but to relieve those who are poor . I made many presents to poor scholars and others in distress , and for " this purpose I anticipated my income : I was then obliged to bor ...
Page 296
... Brahmans of this ancient university , I left Calcutta before I could read your work , but shall peruse it with eagerness on my return to the capital . You touched an impor- tant string , when you mentioned the subject of Indian music ...
... Brahmans of this ancient university , I left Calcutta before I could read your work , but shall peruse it with eagerness on my return to the capital . You touched an impor- tant string , when you mentioned the subject of Indian music ...
Page 297
... Brahmans . I am charmed with your plan ; and if the directors have not yet resolved to print the work at their expense , I can perhaps suggest a mode of procuring very powerful influence with them . The king has much at heart his new ...
... Brahmans . I am charmed with your plan ; and if the directors have not yet resolved to print the work at their expense , I can perhaps suggest a mode of procuring very powerful influence with them . The king has much at heart his new ...
Page 299
... Brahmans , with whom I now converse familiarly in Sanscrit . You would be astonished at the resemblance between that language and both Greek and Latin . Sanscrit and Arabic will enable me to do this country more essential service , than ...
... Brahmans , with whom I now converse familiarly in Sanscrit . You would be astonished at the resemblance between that language and both Greek and Latin . Sanscrit and Arabic will enable me to do this country more essential service , than ...
Page 302
... have diffused great pleasure among our astronomers here , by shewing them an account of the lunar volcano . The Brahmans , to whom I have related the discovery in Sanscrit , are highly I have 302 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
... have diffused great pleasure among our astronomers here , by shewing them an account of the lunar volcano . The Brahmans , to whom I have related the discovery in Sanscrit , are highly I have 302 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
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