Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones |
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... attention , in the only Persian grammar then extant ; and having laboured diligently at the Gulistan of Sadi , assisted by the accu- rate , but inelegant , version of Gentius , and at the well- chosen praxis at the close of Meninski's ...
... attention , in the only Persian grammar then extant ; and having laboured diligently at the Gulistan of Sadi , assisted by the accu- rate , but inelegant , version of Gentius , and at the well- chosen praxis at the close of Meninski's ...
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John Shore Baron Teignmouth. habitual attention to economy , must occasion a consi- derable deduction from the moderate income which his mother possessed , he anxiously wished for a fellowship , that he might relieve her from a burden ...
John Shore Baron Teignmouth. habitual attention to economy , must occasion a consi- derable deduction from the moderate income which his mother possessed , he anxiously wished for a fellowship , that he might relieve her from a burden ...
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... attention . In the course of the following summer , by an unex- pected concurrence of circumstances , a fellowship , which , in his estimation , gave him absolute indepen- dence , was bestowed upon him , and he went for a short time to ...
... attention . In the course of the following summer , by an unex- pected concurrence of circumstances , a fellowship , which , in his estimation , gave him absolute indepen- dence , was bestowed upon him , and he went for a short time to ...
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... attention of Lord Spencer's family was then much occupied in the contested election at Northampton ; but as he had neither inclination nor inducement to take any part in it , he confined himself chiefly to the library , which never ...
... attention of Lord Spencer's family was then much occupied in the contested election at Northampton ; but as he had neither inclination nor inducement to take any part in it , he confined himself chiefly to the library , which never ...
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... attention for many years . Of this correspondence much has been lost , and many of the remaining letters are defaced and mutilated . They generally wrote in Latin , occasionally in French , on literary subjects chiefly , but more parti ...
... attention for many years . Of this correspondence much has been lost , and many of the remaining letters are defaced and mutilated . They generally wrote in Latin , occasionally in French , on literary subjects chiefly , but more parti ...
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