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Page viii
... contain some original compositions of Sir William Jones , which have not hitherto been published ; they are not of equal im- portance with those of which the public are in posses- sion ; there are still more , which I have not ventured ...
... contain some original compositions of Sir William Jones , which have not hitherto been published ; they are not of equal im- portance with those of which the public are in posses- sion ; there are still more , which I have not ventured ...
Page ix
... contain it , and that it was interpolated by the dextrous introduction of a forged sheet , discoloured , and prepared for the purpose of deception ; and which , having served this purpose , was afterwards withdrawn . The uncommon ...
... contain it , and that it was interpolated by the dextrous introduction of a forged sheet , discoloured , and prepared for the purpose of deception ; and which , having served this purpose , was afterwards withdrawn . The uncommon ...
Page 7
... containing the Principles of Arithmetic and Geometry , de- monstrated in a short and easy Method , 8vo . 1706 . In the Philosophical Transactions : A Compendious Disposition of Equations for exhibiting the Relations of Geometrical Lines ...
... containing the Principles of Arithmetic and Geometry , de- monstrated in a short and easy Method , 8vo . 1706 . In the Philosophical Transactions : A Compendious Disposition of Equations for exhibiting the Relations of Geometrical Lines ...
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... contain any material infor- mation ; but having , with the permission of the college , obtained copies of them , by the polite assistance of Mr. Brown , I annex them to this note , together with one from Mr. Cotes to Mr. Jones . SIR ...
... contain any material infor- mation ; but having , with the permission of the college , obtained copies of them , by the polite assistance of Mr. Brown , I annex them to this note , together with one from Mr. Cotes to Mr. Jones . SIR ...
Page 29
... containing more than three hundred and thirty lines , is entitled Prolusions , and is a critique on the various styles of pastoral writers . This was written by Mr. Jones , at the age of fifteen , and is the original of the poem , which ...
... containing more than three hundred and thirty lines , is entitled Prolusions , and is a critique on the various styles of pastoral writers . This was written by Mr. Jones , at the age of fifteen , and is the original of the poem , which ...
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