Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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Page viii
... Sir William Jones , year by year . For the first twenty - two years of it , my authorities are ample and satisfactory ; they consist principally of memoranda written by Sir William himself , and in describing the occurrences of this ...
... Sir William Jones , year by year . For the first twenty - two years of it , my authorities are ample and satisfactory ; they consist principally of memoranda written by Sir William himself , and in describing the occurrences of this ...
Page ix
... Sir William Jones describe himself ; and with this view , I have introduced his letters into the body of the Me- moirs . They develop his occupations , hopes , pursuits , and feelings ; and although the narrative , from the introduction ...
... Sir William Jones describe himself ; and with this view , I have introduced his letters into the body of the Me- moirs . They develop his occupations , hopes , pursuits , and feelings ; and although the narrative , from the introduction ...
Page x
... Sir William Jones , will find in them an elegance which I do not pretend to transfuse into my version of them . Some few sentences of the original letters have been purposely omitted in the translation , and many passages of the ...
... Sir William Jones , will find in them an elegance which I do not pretend to transfuse into my version of them . Some few sentences of the original letters have been purposely omitted in the translation , and many passages of the ...
Page xi
... Sir William Jones , which have not hitherto been published ; they are not of equal importance with those , of which the public are in possession ; there are still more , which I have not ventured to print . It would have been easy to ...
... Sir William Jones , which have not hitherto been published ; they are not of equal importance with those , of which the public are in possession ; there are still more , which I have not ventured to print . It would have been easy to ...
Page xiv
... 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 by Mr. Wilford , if the original document had been submitted to ...
... 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 by Mr. Wilford , if the original document had been submitted to ...
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