Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence, of Sir William JonesJ. Hatchard, 1815 - 636 pages |
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... characters incidentally mentioned , is brief and explanatory only ; and I have suppressed many observations , which would have added more to the bulk of the Memoirs , than to the infor- mation or entertainment of the reader . In the ...
... characters incidentally mentioned , is brief and explanatory only ; and I have suppressed many observations , which would have added more to the bulk of the Memoirs , than to the infor- mation or entertainment of the reader . In the ...
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... character of Mr. Jones was respect- able , his manners were agreeable and inviting ; and these qualities not only contributed to enlarge the circle of his friends , whom his established repu- tation for science had attracted , but also ...
... character of Mr. Jones was respect- able , his manners were agreeable and inviting ; and these qualities not only contributed to enlarge the circle of his friends , whom his established repu- tation for science had attracted , but also ...
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... characters of the times . Nor is it less grateful to remark that the attachment of his professed friends did not expire with his life ; after a proper interval , they visited his widow , and vied in their offers of service to her ...
... characters of the times . Nor is it less grateful to remark that the attachment of his professed friends did not expire with his life ; after a proper interval , they visited his widow , and vied in their offers of service to her ...
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... character of Prospero . His diligence increased with his advancement in the school he now entered upon the study of the Greek tongue , the characters of which he had already learned for his amusement . His genius and assiduity were also ...
... character of Prospero . His diligence increased with his advancement in the school he now entered upon the study of the Greek tongue , the characters of which he had already learned for his amusement . His genius and assiduity were also ...
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... character of this good man and respectable tutor , that he never applauded the best compo- sitions of his scholars , from a notion which he had adopted , that praise only tended to make them vain or idle . But the opinion which he gave ...
... character of this good man and respectable tutor , that he never applauded the best compo- sitions of his scholars , from a notion which he had adopted , that praise only tended to make them vain or idle . But the opinion which he gave ...
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