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Page 64
... continue the work , unless the India company would purchase it , at a considerable expense . The serious reader has probably remarked , that , amidst the attention of Mr. Jones to general literature , religion has not been mentioned as ...
... continue the work , unless the India company would purchase it , at a considerable expense . The serious reader has probably remarked , that , amidst the attention of Mr. Jones to general literature , religion has not been mentioned as ...
Page 75
... continue to culti- vate polite literature ; woo the muses ; reverence philo- sophy ; and give your days and nights to composition , with a due regard , however , to the preservation of your health . Mr. Jones to C. Reviczki . Nice ...
... continue to culti- vate polite literature ; woo the muses ; reverence philo- sophy ; and give your days and nights to composition , with a due regard , however , to the preservation of your health . Mr. Jones to C. Reviczki . Nice ...
Page 79
... continue to be , of the highest advantage to him , in every respect . While Mrs. Poyntz staid at Lyons , I made an excur- sion to Geneva , in hopes of seeing Voltaire , but was disappointed . I sent him a note , with a few verses ...
... continue to be , of the highest advantage to him , in every respect . While Mrs. Poyntz staid at Lyons , I made an excur- sion to Geneva , in hopes of seeing Voltaire , but was disappointed . I sent him a note , with a few verses ...
Page 95
... continue your occupation of elucidating your favourite Hafez ? I will most willingly give all the assistance in my power to the publication of your work , if you will have it printed in London ; but I scarcely think that any printer ...
... continue your occupation of elucidating your favourite Hafez ? I will most willingly give all the assistance in my power to the publication of your work , if you will have it printed in London ; but I scarcely think that any printer ...
Page 102
... continue to apply myself to poetry ; and I mean to insinuate that I have given it up for several years , which I must explain more fully in the preface . For a man who wishes to rise in the law must be sup- posed to have no other object ...
... continue to apply myself to poetry ; and I mean to insinuate that I have given it up for several years , which I must explain more fully in the preface . For a man who wishes to rise in the law must be sup- posed to have no other object ...
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