Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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... India , is chiefly supplied by my own recollection , assisted by information collected from his writings and correspondence . Of the events of his life between 1768 , his twenty - second year , and the date of his embarkation for India ...
... India , is chiefly supplied by my own recollection , assisted by information collected from his writings and correspondence . Of the events of his life between 1768 , his twenty - second year , and the date of his embarkation for India ...
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... India are not bound as in Europe , and every leaf is loose , ) he took out one or two leaves , and substituted others " with an adulterous legend . In books of some antiquity , it is not uncommon to see a " few new leaves inserted in ...
... India are not bound as in Europe , and every leaf is loose , ) he took out one or two leaves , and substituted others " with an adulterous legend . In books of some antiquity , it is not uncommon to see a " few new leaves inserted in ...
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... India , ( Works , vol . i . p . 445. ) he thus expresses himself on the subject : " It has been made a question , whether the poems of Hafez must be taken in a literal or " figurative sense : but the question does not admit of a general ...
... India , ( Works , vol . i . p . 445. ) he thus expresses himself on the subject : " It has been made a question , whether the poems of Hafez must be taken in a literal or " figurative sense : but the question does not admit of a general ...
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... India , but had since relinquished that object for a commission in the army . I find also from his correspondence , that he had begun a Dic- tionary of the Persian Language , in which the principal words were illustrated from the most ...
... India , but had since relinquished that object for a commission in the army . I find also from his correspondence , that he had begun a Dic- tionary of the Persian Language , in which the principal words were illustrated from the most ...
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... me to describe the delight and admiration I have felt , from the perusal of your History of the * Appendix , No. 22 . War War in India . The plans , circumstances , and SIR WILLIAM JONES . 103 CONTENTS OF THE APPENDIX.
... me to describe the delight and admiration I have felt , from the perusal of your History of the * Appendix , No. 22 . War War in India . The plans , circumstances , and SIR WILLIAM JONES . 103 CONTENTS OF THE APPENDIX.
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