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... truth it may be entitled , I cannot but express a solicitude , that it may derive no confirmation from the work now presented to the public . Impressed with admiration , respect , and esteem , for the memory of Sir William Jones ...
... truth it may be entitled , I cannot but express a solicitude , that it may derive no confirmation from the work now presented to the public . Impressed with admiration , respect , and esteem , for the memory of Sir William Jones ...
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... truth and sincerity , & c . LEWIS MORRIS . Leaving the genealogical splendor of the family of Sir William Jones to the contemplation of the antiqua- rian , it may be remarked , with pleasure , that its latest . descendants have a claim ...
... truth and sincerity , & c . LEWIS MORRIS . Leaving the genealogical splendor of the family of Sir William Jones to the contemplation of the antiqua- rian , it may be remarked , with pleasure , that its latest . descendants have a claim ...
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... truth , he far excelled his school fellows in general , both in diligence and quickness of apprehen- sion ; nor was he of a temper to submit to imputations , which he knew to be unmerited . Punishment failed to produce the intended ...
... truth , he far excelled his school fellows in general , both in diligence and quickness of apprehen- sion ; nor was he of a temper to submit to imputations , which he knew to be unmerited . Punishment failed to produce the intended ...
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... truth , Are destined to decay . Can zeal drear Pluto's wrath restrain ? tho ' an hourly victim stain No ; His hallow'd shrine with blood , Fate will recal her doom for none : The scepter'd king must leave his throne , To pass the ...
... truth , Are destined to decay . Can zeal drear Pluto's wrath restrain ? tho ' an hourly victim stain No ; His hallow'd shrine with blood , Fate will recal her doom for none : The scepter'd king must leave his throne , To pass the ...
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... truth and civility , that he could employ his time to more advantage . Their ex- pectations were not disappointed : he perused with great assiduity all the Greek poets and historians of note , and the entire works of Plato and Lucian ...
... truth and civility , that he could employ his time to more advantage . Their ex- pectations were not disappointed : he perused with great assiduity all the Greek poets and historians of note , and the entire works of Plato and Lucian ...
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