Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones |
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Page 9
... application were given , perhaps it would not be amiss . Having tarried some time for a convenient opportunity , I was obliged to send you at last Moreton's book by the carrier , though it will only satisfy you that Dr. Gregory had but ...
... application were given , perhaps it would not be amiss . Having tarried some time for a convenient opportunity , I was obliged to send you at last Moreton's book by the carrier , though it will only satisfy you that Dr. Gregory had but ...
Page 10
... application of the Doctrine of Differences to the making of tables ; and for that reason I thought it might be of use to you , so far as to see what has been done already . I shewed this to Sir Isaac : he remembers that he applied it to ...
... application of the Doctrine of Differences to the making of tables ; and for that reason I thought it might be of use to you , so far as to see what has been done already . I shewed this to Sir Isaac : he remembers that he applied it to ...
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... application , than for the superiority of his talents , or the extent of his acquisitions ; and his atten- tion was almost equally divided between his books and a little garden , the cultivation and embellishment of which occupied all ...
... application , than for the superiority of his talents , or the extent of his acquisitions ; and his atten- tion was almost equally divided between his books and a little garden , the cultivation and embellishment of which occupied all ...
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... application , in consequence of a weakness of sight con- tracted by it . His compositions were not , however , discontinued ; and he obtained the assistance of the younger students to write them from his dictation . He employed the ...
... application , in consequence of a weakness of sight con- tracted by it . His compositions were not , however , discontinued ; and he obtained the assistance of the younger students to write them from his dictation . He employed the ...
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... application of every word , agreeable to " the most strict classical authority . He imitated the " choruses of Sophocles so successfully that his writ 66 66 ings seemed to be original Greek compositions ; and " he was attentive even in ...
... application of every word , agreeable to " the most strict classical authority . He imitated the " choruses of Sophocles so successfully that his writ 66 66 ings seemed to be original Greek compositions ; and " he was attentive even in ...
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