Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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... language , he discovered , what he never before suspected , a near connection between the modern Persic and Arabic , and he immediately determined to acquire the former . He accordingly studied it with attention in the only Persian ...
... language , he discovered , what he never before suspected , a near connection between the modern Persic and Arabic , and he immediately determined to acquire the former . He accordingly studied it with attention in the only Persian ...
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... language ; but he wholly declined the task , alleging for his excuse , the ... Persian history , and some popular tales from the Persic , as capable of ... language there are certain peculiarities of idiom , and nice shades of meaning ...
... language ; but he wholly declined the task , alleging for his excuse , the ... Persian history , and some popular tales from the Persic , as capable of ... language there are certain peculiarities of idiom , and nice shades of meaning ...
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... Persian language , not to perceive the rashness of my attempt ; I do not indeed pretend to give the beauty of the original , but merely its sense , simple and unornamented . I have added to it a very free paraphrase in verse , in which ...
... Persian language , not to perceive the rashness of my attempt ; I do not indeed pretend to give the beauty of the original , but merely its sense , simple and unornamented . I have added to it a very free paraphrase in verse , in which ...
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John Shore Baron Teignmouth. make it more conformable to our European taste . The Persian ... Persian . I hope to have the satisfaction of seeing you here before I leave ... languages for that of the Greek alone . I rejoice that you have made ...
John Shore Baron Teignmouth. make it more conformable to our European taste . The Persian ... Persian . I hope to have the satisfaction of seeing you here before I leave ... languages for that of the Greek alone . I rejoice that you have made ...
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... Persian Ode , together with an attempt at a poetical version of it , which I will hereafter improve . Pray inform me , whether there is any transla- tion of Hafez , printed or manuscript , in Latin , or any other European language ; for ...
... Persian Ode , together with an attempt at a poetical version of it , which I will hereafter improve . Pray inform me , whether there is any transla- tion of Hafez , printed or manuscript , in Latin , or any other European language ; for ...
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