Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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Page xi
... Bengal , which frequently relate to Indian literature , as well as to subjects and occupations peculiar to that country . The Memoirs and Appendix contain some original compositions . of Sir William Jones , which have not hitherto been ...
... Bengal , which frequently relate to Indian literature , as well as to subjects and occupations peculiar to that country . The Memoirs and Appendix contain some original compositions . of Sir William Jones , which have not hitherto been ...
Page xii
... Bengal , long after it had been printed . The passage alluded to , is stated to be an exact translation front one of the mythological books of the Hindûs ; it first appeared in a note annexed by Sir William Jones , to an Essay on Egypt ...
... Bengal , long after it had been printed . The passage alluded to , is stated to be an exact translation front one of the mythological books of the Hindûs ; it first appeared in a note annexed by Sir William Jones , to an Essay on Egypt ...
Page xiii
... Bengal , under the title of An ESSAY on the SACRED ISLES in the West , with other Essays connected with that Work , In the course of collating the Sanscrit authorities quoted or referred to , in this Essay , he discovered some ...
... Bengal , under the title of An ESSAY on the SACRED ISLES in the West , with other Essays connected with that Work , In the course of collating the Sanscrit authorities quoted or referred to , in this Essay , he discovered some ...
Page xiv
... Bengal , who had received their education at the uni- versity there and at Cambridge . The inscription on the elegant " of the Puranas . These two sections , as he wrote them , consist of no less than 12,000 " slocas or lines , the ...
... Bengal , who had received their education at the uni- versity there and at Cambridge . The inscription on the elegant " of the Puranas . These two sections , as he wrote them , consist of no less than 12,000 " slocas or lines , the ...
Page 93
... Bengal , and the other principal persons in India . I cannot conceive what is become of the book which I sent to you , but I will take the first opportunity of transmitting a fairer and more correct copy , together with my little ...
... Bengal , and the other principal persons in India . I cannot conceive what is become of the book which I sent to you , but I will take the first opportunity of transmitting a fairer and more correct copy , together with my little ...
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