Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones |
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... Person killed by Lightning , in Tottenham - court Chapel , and its Effects on the Building . Properties of Conic Sections , deduced by a compendious Method . He was also the editor of some mathematical works of Sir Isaac Newton , under ...
... Person killed by Lightning , in Tottenham - court Chapel , and its Effects on the Building . Properties of Conic Sections , deduced by a compendious Method . He was also the editor of some mathematical works of Sir Isaac Newton , under ...
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... person concerned , has undertaken to defend and answer some things , as Dr. Friend and Dr. Mead do , in their way , the rest . I would have sent you the whole controversy , was I not sure that you know , those only are most capable of ...
... person concerned , has undertaken to defend and answer some things , as Dr. Friend and Dr. Mead do , in their way , the rest . I would have sent you the whole controversy , was I not sure that you know , those only are most capable of ...
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... person's death very superfluous , and inconsistent with sense ; for what is the cause of our sorrow ? Is it be- cause we hate the person deceased ? that were to imply strange contradiction , to express our joy by the com- mon signs of ...
... person's death very superfluous , and inconsistent with sense ; for what is the cause of our sorrow ? Is it be- cause we hate the person deceased ? that were to imply strange contradiction , to express our joy by the com- mon signs of ...
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... person and conversation made upon the heart of Mr. Jones , his fixed ideas of an honourable independence , and a determined resolution never to owe his fortune to a wife , or her kindred , excluded all ideas of a matri- monial ...
... person and conversation made upon the heart of Mr. Jones , his fixed ideas of an honourable independence , and a determined resolution never to owe his fortune to a wife , or her kindred , excluded all ideas of a matri- monial ...
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... he added a Treatise on Oriental Poetry , in the language of the translation ; and I may venture to assert , that Mr. Jones was the * See Works , vol . v . Preface . only person in England , at that time , capable 42 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
... he added a Treatise on Oriental Poetry , in the language of the translation ; and I may venture to assert , that Mr. Jones was the * See Works , vol . v . Preface . only person in England , at that time , capable 42 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
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