Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones |
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... 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 the title of Analysis , per Quantitatem ...
... 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 the title of Analysis , per Quantitatem ...
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... court of Denmark . The translation was not , however , published until 1770. Forty copies , upon large paper , were sent to Copenhagen ; one of them , bound with uncommon elegance , for the king himself , and the others as presents to ...
... court of Denmark . The translation was not , however , published until 1770. Forty copies , upon large paper , were sent to Copenhagen ; one of them , bound with uncommon elegance , for the king himself , and the others as presents to ...
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... court of Eng- land , with the title of count . This learned and accom- plished nobleman was deeply captivated with the charms of Oriental literature ; and the reputation of Mr. Jones , as an Oriental scholar , attracted his advances ...
... court of Eng- land , with the title of count . This learned and accom- plished nobleman was deeply captivated with the charms of Oriental literature ; and the reputation of Mr. Jones , as an Oriental scholar , attracted his advances ...
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... court , and went into his house just as I came to it . The servants shewed me somebody at a window , who they said was he ; but I had scarce a glimpse of him . I am inclined to think that Voltaire begins to be rather seri- ous , when he ...
... court , and went into his house just as I came to it . The servants shewed me somebody at a window , who they said was he ; but I had scarce a glimpse of him . I am inclined to think that Voltaire begins to be rather seri- ous , when he ...
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... Court of King's Bench very constantly , and shall either take a lodging in Westminster , or ac- cept the invitation of a friend , in Duke Street , who has made me an obliging offer of apartments . I am sorry the characters you sent me ...
... Court of King's Bench very constantly , and shall either take a lodging in Westminster , or ac- cept the invitation of a friend , in Duke Street , who has made me an obliging offer of apartments . I am sorry the characters you sent me ...
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