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Page 34
... Persian grammar then extant ; and having laboured diligently at the Gulistan of Sadi , assisted by the accu- rate , but inelegant , version of Gentius , and at the well- chosen praxis at the close of Meninski's grammar , he found his ...
... Persian grammar then extant ; and having laboured diligently at the Gulistan of Sadi , assisted by the accu- rate , but inelegant , version of Gentius , and at the well- chosen praxis at the close of Meninski's grammar , he found his ...
Page 40
... Persian history , and some popular tales from the Persic , as capable of gratifying the wishes of his Danish majesty . Major Dow , the writer alluded to , excused himself on account of his numerous engagements ; and the application to ...
... Persian history , and some popular tales from the Persic , as capable of gratifying the wishes of his Danish majesty . Major Dow , the writer alluded to , excused himself on account of his numerous engagements ; and the application to ...
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... Persian poetry , our mutual delight . I considered it the commencement of a most agreeable friendship and intercourse between us ; but my expec- tations are disappointed by the circumstances in which we are unavoidably placed ; for my ...
... Persian poetry , our mutual delight . I considered it the commencement of a most agreeable friendship and intercourse between us ; but my expec- tations are disappointed by the circumstances in which we are unavoidably placed ; for my ...
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... Persians * * The remainder of this letter is lost ; but from the context , and the answer of Reviczki , we may conclude that it contained an elaborate panegyric on Eastern poetry , expressed with all the rapture which novelty inspires ...
... Persians * * The remainder of this letter is lost ; but from the context , and the answer of Reviczki , we may conclude that it contained an elaborate panegyric on Eastern poetry , expressed with all the rapture which novelty inspires ...
Page 46
... Persian lan- guage , not to perceive the rashness of my attempt . I do not , indeed , pretend to give the beauty of the original , but merely its sense , simple and unornament- ed . I have added to it a very free paraphrase in verse ...
... Persian lan- guage , not to perceive the rashness of my attempt . I do not , indeed , pretend to give the beauty of the original , but merely its sense , simple and unornament- ed . I have added to it a very free paraphrase in verse ...
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