Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones |
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... short notices of his situation and occupations , during every year of his life . It is , indeed , extended beyond the date of his existence , to the 50th year ; opposite to which are the words our O , if God please , are inserted . It ...
... short notices of his situation and occupations , during every year of his life . It is , indeed , extended beyond the date of his existence , to the 50th year ; opposite to which are the words our O , if God please , are inserted . It ...
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... short , but more accurate , sketch of his life than has hitherto appeared , which I am enabled to give from the au- thority of his son , may be acceptable to the lovers of science . Mr. William Jones was born in the year 1680 , in ...
... short , but more accurate , sketch of his life than has hitherto appeared , which I am enabled to give from the au- thority of his son , may be acceptable to the lovers of science . Mr. William Jones was born in the year 1680 , in ...
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... short and easy Method , 8vo . 1706 . In the Philosophical Transactions : A Compendious Disposition of Equations for exhibiting the Relations of Geometrical Lines . The care of the education of William now devolved upon SIR WILLIAM JONES .
... short and easy Method , 8vo . 1706 . In the Philosophical Transactions : A Compendious Disposition of Equations for exhibiting the Relations of Geometrical Lines . The care of the education of William now devolved upon SIR WILLIAM JONES .
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... short time afterwards , when his attendants were putting on his clothes , which were imprudently fastened with hooks , he struggled , either in play , or in some childish . pet , and a hook was fixed in his right eye . By due care ...
... short time afterwards , when his attendants were putting on his clothes , which were imprudently fastened with hooks , he struggled , either in play , or in some childish . pet , and a hook was fixed in his right eye . By due care ...
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... short time to Oxford , that he might go through the regular forms of election and admission . He was , accordingly , elected fellow , on the foundation of Sir Simon Bennet , on the 7th of August , 1766 . The idea of deriving an absolute ...
... short time to Oxford , that he might go through the regular forms of election and admission . He was , accordingly , elected fellow , on the foundation of Sir Simon Bennet , on the 7th of August , 1766 . The idea of deriving an absolute ...
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