Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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Page vii
... talents , could have pre- vailed upon me , to enter upon a literary career , so foreign to the habits of a life , of which more than fifty years are now elapsed . It may be proper to notice the materials , which I have used in this ...
... talents , could have pre- vailed upon me , to enter upon a literary career , so foreign to the habits of a life , of which more than fifty years are now elapsed . It may be proper to notice the materials , which I have used in this ...
Page 2
... talents of the writer . SIR ; To WILLIAM JONES , ESQUIRE . January 1 , 1748 . It was a custom among the Ancient Britons ( and still retained in Anglesey ) for the most knowing among them in the descent of families , to send their ...
... talents of the writer . SIR ; To WILLIAM JONES , ESQUIRE . January 1 , 1748 . It was a custom among the Ancient Britons ( and still retained in Anglesey ) for the most knowing among them in the descent of families , to send their ...
Page 13
... talent of instruction , and his facility of retaining it , that in his fourth year he was able to read , distinctly ... talents both of the pupil and the teacher . In common cases , premature instruction has often been found to retard ...
... talent of instruction , and his facility of retaining it , that in his fourth year he was able to read , distinctly ... talents both of the pupil and the teacher . In common cases , premature instruction has often been found to retard ...
Page 15
... talents , or the extent of his acquisitions ; and his attention was almost equally divided between his books and a little garden , the cultivation and embellishment of which occupied all his leisure hours . His faculties however ...
... talents , or the extent of his acquisitions ; and his attention was almost equally divided between his books and a little garden , the cultivation and embellishment of which occupied all his leisure hours . His faculties however ...
Page 16
... talents , which displayed themselves in the composition of verses in imitation of his favourite authors . But his progress in classical learning , during this interval , was al- together suspended ; for although he might have availed ...
... talents , which displayed themselves in the composition of verses in imitation of his favourite authors . But his progress in classical learning , during this interval , was al- together suspended ; for although he might have availed ...
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