Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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... Bengal . 7. Arithmetic and Geometry , and mixed Sciences of the Asiatics . 8. Medicine , Chemistry , Surgery , and Anatomy of the Indians . 9. Natural Productions of India . 10. Poetry , Rhetoric , and Morality of Asia . 11. Music of ...
... Bengal . 7. Arithmetic and Geometry , and mixed Sciences of the Asiatics . 8. Medicine , Chemistry , Surgery , and Anatomy of the Indians . 9. Natural Productions of India . 10. Poetry , Rhetoric , and Morality of Asia . 11. Music of ...
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John Shore Baron Teignmouth. nately prevailed between the supreme executive and judicial powers in Bengal , he shewed that they might and ought to be avoided , that the functions of both were distinct , and could be exercised without ...
John Shore Baron Teignmouth. nately prevailed between the supreme executive and judicial powers in Bengal , he shewed that they might and ought to be avoided , that the functions of both were distinct , and could be exercised without ...
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... Bengal , explaining the objects of the society , and soliciting the honour of their patronage , which was granted in the most flattering terms of approbation . The members next proceeded to the nomination of a president : and as Warren ...
... Bengal , explaining the objects of the society , and soliciting the honour of their patronage , which was granted in the most flattering terms of approbation . The members next proceeded to the nomination of a president : and as Warren ...
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... Bengal , after his arrival in that country , soon became familiar to him ; and at a period when the use and import- ance of the Persian language were scarcely suspected , and when the want of that grammatical and philological assistance ...
... Bengal , after his arrival in that country , soon became familiar to him ; and at a period when the use and import- ance of the Persian language were scarcely suspected , and when the want of that grammatical and philological assistance ...
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... Bengal ; and of Charles Wilkins , Esquire , the first Englishman who ac- quired a critical knowledge of the language of the Bramins , and who , by the application of rare talents and industry , by his own per- sonal exertions , invented ...
... Bengal ; and of Charles Wilkins , Esquire , the first Englishman who ac- quired a critical knowledge of the language of the Bramins , and who , by the application of rare talents and industry , by his own per- sonal exertions , invented ...
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