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Page 207
How weak are all arts in comparison of poetry and rhetoric ! Instead however of
Torquatus , I would read Spencerus . Do you not think that I have discovered the
true use of the fine arts , namely , in relaxing the mind after toil ? Man was born
for ...
How weak are all arts in comparison of poetry and rhetoric ! Instead however of
Torquatus , I would read Spencerus . Do you not think that I have discovered the
true use of the fine arts , namely , in relaxing the mind after toil ? Man was born
for ...
Page 336
The art of printing bad been introduced into Bengal , by the untaught skilt of Mr.
Wilkins , and had advanced to great ... character of our countrymen in Asia , may
hereafter form an important article in the general history of arts and sciences ;
and ...
The art of printing bad been introduced into Bengal , by the untaught skilt of Mr.
Wilkins , and had advanced to great ... character of our countrymen in Asia , may
hereafter form an important article in the general history of arts and sciences ;
and ...
Page 377
In the cleven discourses which he addressed to the Asiatic society , on the listory
, civil and natural , the antiquities , arts , sciences , philosophy , and literature of
Asia , and on the origin and families of nations , he has discussed the subjects ...
In the cleven discourses which he addressed to the Asiatic society , on the listory
, civil and natural , the antiquities , arts , sciences , philosophy , and literature of
Asia , and on the origin and families of nations , he has discussed the subjects ...
Page 379
... and the only arts successfully cultivated by them , ( horsemanship and military
accomplishments excepted , ) were poetry and rhetoric . The people of The
people of Yemen had possibly more mechanical arts , and perhaps more science
.
... and the only arts successfully cultivated by them , ( horsemanship and military
accomplishments excepted , ) were poetry and rhetoric . The people of The
people of Yemen had possibly more mechanical arts , and perhaps more science
.
Page 386
... traditions of nations planted , empires and states raised , laws enacted , cities
built , navigation improved , commerce encouraged , arts invented , or letters
contrived , above twelve , or at most fifteen or sixteen , centuries before Christ .
... traditions of nations planted , empires and states raised , laws enacted , cities
built , navigation improved , commerce encouraged , arts invented , or letters
contrived , above twelve , or at most fifteen or sixteen , centuries before Christ .
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| Title | Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1 |
| Author | John Shore Baron Teignmouth |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Hatchard, 1806 |
| Original from | UC Southern Regional Library Facility |
| Digitized | 21 Jun 2016 |
| Length | 531 pages |
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