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Page viii
... mentioned , is brief and explanatory only ; and I have suppressed many observations , which would have added more to ... mentioning some in- formation which materially affects an important passage in these Memoirs , and which I received ...
... mentioned , is brief and explanatory only ; and I have suppressed many observations , which would have added more to ... mentioning some in- formation which materially affects an important passage in these Memoirs , and which I received ...
Page ix
... mention , in these Memoirs , of an unsuccessful attempt of the Hindus , to impose , upon Sir William Jones , a forged Sanscrit book , on Oaths . The same sagacity which detected the fraud , in this instance , might have discovered the ...
... mention , in these Memoirs , of an unsuccessful attempt of the Hindus , to impose , upon Sir William Jones , a forged Sanscrit book , on Oaths . The same sagacity which detected the fraud , in this instance , might have discovered the ...
Page x
... 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 , who had received their education at the university there , and at ...
... 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 , who had received their education at the university there , and at ...
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... mentioned , which I de- sire you will accept of . I have reason to know , it is founded on good authori- ty ; for both my father and mother were related to your mother , and came from the same stock mentioned in the inclosed , which is ...
... mentioned , which I de- sire you will accept of . I have reason to know , it is founded on good authori- ty ; for both my father and mother were related to your mother , and came from the same stock mentioned in the inclosed , which is ...
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... mention the great and virtuous Lord Hardwicke . Mr. Jones attended him as a companion on the circuit when he was chief justice ; and this no- bleman , when he afterwards held the great seal , availed himself of the opportunity to ...
... mention the great and virtuous Lord Hardwicke . Mr. Jones attended him as a companion on the circuit when he was chief justice ; and this no- bleman , when he afterwards held the great seal , availed himself of the opportunity to ...
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