Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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... England , might have supplied some material anecdotes , and that farther information might have been procured from his companions in Westminster Hall , or on the Circuit , but my researches have had little success , and I am chiefly ...
... England , might have supplied some material anecdotes , and that farther information might have been procured from his companions in Westminster Hall , or on the Circuit , but my researches have had little success , and I am chiefly ...
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... England , and immediately afterwards established himself as a teacher of mathe- matics , in London ; where , at the age of twenty - six , he published his Synopsis palmariorum Matheseos ; a decisive proof of his early and consummate ...
... England , and immediately afterwards established himself as a teacher of mathe- matics , in London ; where , at the age of twenty - six , he published his Synopsis palmariorum Matheseos ; a decisive proof of his early and consummate ...
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... England ; and , although he was more diverted with the simplicity of the Latin style , than attracted by the subject , he felt so much interest in the work , as to study it with considerable attention . In the course of the reflections ...
... England ; and , although he was more diverted with the simplicity of the Latin style , than attracted by the subject , he felt so much interest in the work , as to study it with considerable attention . In the course of the reflections ...
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... England , at that time , capable of producing a work , which required a critical knowledge of two foreign languages , one of which was scarcely known in Europe . Indeed , when we consider the accuracy of the translation , which has been ...
... England , at that time , capable of producing a work , which required a critical knowledge of two foreign languages , one of which was scarcely known in Europe . Indeed , when we consider the accuracy of the translation , which has been ...
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... England , with the title of Count . This learned and accomplished nobleman was deeply captivated with the charms of Oriental literature ; and the reputation of Mr. Jones as an Oriental scholar attracted his advances towards an intimacy ...
... England , with the title of Count . This learned and accomplished nobleman was deeply captivated with the charms of Oriental literature ; and the reputation of Mr. Jones as an Oriental scholar attracted his advances towards an intimacy ...
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