Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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Page 104
John Shore Baron Teignmouth. War in India . The plans , circumstances , and events of it , are so clearly described ... Indian monarch pronounced the delight of the world . If the reader should complain that the correspondence presented ...
John Shore Baron Teignmouth. War in India . The plans , circumstances , and events of it , are so clearly described ... Indian monarch pronounced the delight of the world . If the reader should complain that the correspondence presented ...
Page 106
... India , the life of Zoroaster , and some supposed works of that philosopher . To this publication he prefixed a discourse , in which he treated the University of Oxford , and some of its learned mem- bers and friends of Mr. Jones , with ...
... India , the life of Zoroaster , and some supposed works of that philosopher . To this publication he prefixed a discourse , in which he treated the University of Oxford , and some of its learned mem- bers and friends of Mr. Jones , with ...
Page 108
... Perron made a voyage to India , in 1755 , for the purpose of ac- quiring the ancient language of Persia , and that of the Bramins . His ardour for this undertaking hands , it may not perhaps be amiss to add 108 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
... Perron made a voyage to India , in 1755 , for the purpose of ac- quiring the ancient language of Persia , and that of the Bramins . His ardour for this undertaking hands , it may not perhaps be amiss to add 108 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
Page 109
... India Company as a private soldier , as affording the speediest means of accomplishing the voyage , but some friends procured his discharge , and a small pension for him from the Crown of France . He arrived at Pondicherry , in 1755 ...
... India Company as a private soldier , as affording the speediest means of accomplishing the voyage , but some friends procured his discharge , and a small pension for him from the Crown of France . He arrived at Pondicherry , in 1755 ...
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... India as a merchant , but , previous to his embarkation , wishes to give some time to the study of foreign languages , European and Asiatic , and particularly the Persian . Any assistance which you may afford him in his studies , or ...
... India as a merchant , but , previous to his embarkation , wishes to give some time to the study of foreign languages , European and Asiatic , and particularly the Persian . Any assistance which you may afford him in his studies , or ...
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