Memoirs of the life, writings and correspondence of sir William Jones, by lord Teignmouth. With the life of lord Teignmouth, and notes, by S.C. Wilks, Volume 2 |
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Page 309 - Law, that state's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill; Smit by her sacred frown, The fiend Dissension like a vapour sinks, And e'en the all-dazzling Crown Hides his faint rays, and at her bidding shrinks. Such was this heaven-lov'd isle, Than Lesbos fairer, and the Cretan shore
Page 170 - than could possibly have been produced by accident;—so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all three without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which perhaps no longer exists. There is a similar reason, though not quite so forcible, for supposing that both the Gothic and Celtic, though blended with a
Page 111 - her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power; both angels and men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all with uniform consent, admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy.
Page 170 - philologer could examine them all three without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which perhaps no longer exists. There is a similar reason, though not quite so forcible, for supposing that both the Gothic and Celtic, though blended with a very different idiom, had the same
Page 48 - which is a literal translation from the Persian : On parent knees, a naked new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st, while all around thee smil'd: So live, that, sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou may'st smile, when all around thee weep. The hymns, which are original
Page 170 - by conquerors from other kingdoms in some very remote age. The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure ; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either • yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs, and in the form of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by
Page 31 - of any consequence : SIR EDWARD COKE : Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study six, Four spend in prayer,—the rest on nature fix : RATHER, Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, Ten to the world allot, and all to Heaven. * [In
Page 155 - and am of opinion, that the volume, independently of its Divine origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains of eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever language they may have been written." This opinion is repeated, with little variation of expression, in a discourse addressed to the
Page 243 - suo grembo; Ed ella si sedea Umile in tanta gloria Coverta gia dell" amoroso nembo ; Qual fior cadea sul lembo, Qual su le treccie bionde Ch" oro forbito e perle Eran quel di a vederle: Qual si posava in terra, e qual su 1'onde: Qual con un vago errore Girando, parea dir;