Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones |
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... manners were agreeable and inviting ; and these qualities not only contributed to enlarge the circle of his friends , whom his established reputation for science had attracted , but also to secure their attachment to him . Amongst ...
... manners were agreeable and inviting ; and these qualities not only contributed to enlarge the circle of his friends , whom his established reputation for science had attracted , but also to secure their attachment to him . Amongst ...
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... manner in his favor ) he got a stop put to it , for some time at least . Dr. Halley has almost finished the printing of the Greenwich Observations , which will be a work of good use , especially as it is now freed from the trifles it ...
... manner in his favor ) he got a stop put to it , for some time at least . Dr. Halley has almost finished the printing of the Greenwich Observations , which will be a work of good use , especially as it is now freed from the trifles it ...
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... manner in which they were delivered . In the varied talents , which constitute an orator , Dr. Sumner himself excelled : and his pupil had equally benefited by his example and instruction . In the behaviour of Jones towards his school ...
... manner in which they were delivered . In the varied talents , which constitute an orator , Dr. Sumner himself excelled : and his pupil had equally benefited by his example and instruction . In the behaviour of Jones towards his school ...
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... manners ; they were mild , conciliating , and chearful . " When I first knew him , about the year 1761 , he " amused himself with the study of botany , and in " collecting fossils . In general , the same pursuits which " gave employment ...
... manners ; they were mild , conciliating , and chearful . " When I first knew him , about the year 1761 , he " amused himself with the study of botany , and in " collecting fossils . In general , the same pursuits which " gave employment ...
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... manners of his pupil , then just seven years old , that he abandoned all thoughts of a profession , and resolved to devote him- self to the faithful discharge of the important dutics of his new situation . He had the satisfaction to ...
... manners of his pupil , then just seven years old , that he abandoned all thoughts of a profession , and resolved to devote him- self to the faithful discharge of the important dutics of his new situation . He had the satisfaction to ...
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