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Page vii
... learned correspondents , from the Latin or French ; and I have endeavoured to give the sense of them , in a plain and familiar style . But I must warn the reader , that he is to expect nothing more in these translations ; and that those ...
... learned correspondents , from the Latin or French ; and I have endeavoured to give the sense of them , in a plain and familiar style . But I must warn the reader , that he is to expect nothing more in these translations ; and that those ...
Page ix
... learned Hindu , who assisted his investigations ; that the Purana , in which he actually and carefully read the passage , which he communicated to Sir William Jones , as an extract from it , does not contain it , and that it was ...
... learned Hindu , who assisted his investigations ; that the Purana , in which he actually and carefully read the passage , which he communicated to Sir William Jones , as an extract from it , does not contain it , and that it was ...
Page x
... learned and acute . In the Postscript to the Memoirs , I have omitted to mention , in its proper place , that a monument was erected at Oxford , to the memory of Sir William Jones , by a subscription of the gentlemen residing in Bengal ...
... learned and acute . In the Postscript to the Memoirs , I have omitted to mention , in its proper place , that a monument was erected at Oxford , to the memory of Sir William Jones , by a subscription of the gentlemen residing in Bengal ...
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... learned British antiquary , to the ancient princes and chieftains of North Wales . With whatever delight , however , the Cambrian genealogist might peruse the line of his ancestry , a barren catalogue of uncouth names would furnish no ...
... learned British antiquary , to the ancient princes and chieftains of North Wales . With whatever delight , however , the Cambrian genealogist might peruse the line of his ancestry , a barren catalogue of uncouth names would furnish no ...
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... He performed the character of Prospero . His diligence increased with his advancement in the school : he now entered upon the study of the Greek E tongue ; the characters of which he had already learned SIR WILLIAM JONES . 17.
... He performed the character of Prospero . His diligence increased with his advancement in the school : he now entered upon the study of the Greek E tongue ; the characters of which he had already learned SIR WILLIAM JONES . 17.
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