Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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... England . I hear , with pleasure , that you have undertaken to publish a Treatise on Oriental Prosody . As I am convinced that you will perform this task most ably and successfully , I anticipate with satisfaction the mortification of ...
... England . I hear , with pleasure , that you have undertaken to publish a Treatise on Oriental Prosody . As I am convinced that you will perform this task most ably and successfully , I anticipate with satisfaction the mortification of ...
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... England , assuring you with truth , that I consider the honour of your acquaintance among the greatest advantages attending my visit to this country . SIR , I am , & c .. * C. REVICZKI to Mr. JONES . London , Feb. 24 , 1768 . I received ...
... England , assuring you with truth , that I consider the honour of your acquaintance among the greatest advantages attending my visit to this country . SIR , I am , & c .. * C. REVICZKI to Mr. JONES . London , Feb. 24 , 1768 . I received ...
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... England , which a friend of mine wishes to procure for his son . The ode , of which you praise the concluding verse , is elegant ; I remember only the first couplet.- Bring wine , and scatter flow'rs around , Nor seek the depths of fate ...
... England , which a friend of mine wishes to procure for his son . The ode , of which you praise the concluding verse , is elegant ; I remember only the first couplet.- Bring wine , and scatter flow'rs around , Nor seek the depths of fate ...
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... England . Thomas Smith was the English ambassador in France in the reign of Elizabeth , and his work is in Latin , and not inelegantly written . To Fortescue's little tract , we may apply the words of Xenophon to the Teleboas ; " it is ...
... England . Thomas Smith was the English ambassador in France in the reign of Elizabeth , and his work is in Latin , and not inelegantly written . To Fortescue's little tract , we may apply the words of Xenophon to the Teleboas ; " it is ...
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... England ; but as you are silent on this head , as my business here will soon be concluded , and as I know the uncertainty of all human affairs , I am determined to embrace an opportunity , which , if I now neglect , may not again occur ...
... England ; but as you are silent on this head , as my business here will soon be concluded , and as I know the uncertainty of all human affairs , I am determined to embrace an opportunity , which , if I now neglect , may not again occur ...
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