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Page 40
... containing the life of Nadir Shah , which he was desirous of having translated in England . The secretary of state , with whom the Danish minister had conversed upon the subject , sent the volume to Mr. Jones , request- ing him to give ...
... containing the life of Nadir Shah , which he was desirous of having translated in England . The secretary of state , with whom the Danish minister had conversed upon the subject , sent the volume to Mr. Jones , request- ing him to give ...
Page 42
... containing a most unjust reflection on the king of Den- mark , he considered it a duty imposed upon him , by the laws of justice and gratitude , to print , at the begin- ning of his translation , the honourable testimony of regard which ...
... containing a most unjust reflection on the king of Den- mark , he considered it a duty imposed upon him , by the laws of justice and gratitude , to print , at the begin- ning of his translation , the honourable testimony of regard which ...
Page 48
... Poem . It is not restricted to thirteen couplets , as Reviczki writes , but to seventeen , and generally contains about seven or eight . opinions of other commentators , and without question- ing the 48 . MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
... Poem . It is not restricted to thirteen couplets , as Reviczki writes , but to seventeen , and generally contains about seven or eight . opinions of other commentators , and without question- ing the 48 . MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
Page 54
... contains stronger marks of being genuine ; yet , after all , it is impossible to deny that there are many chasms in it , as well as errors , which cannot be satisfactorily amended by any explanation or twisting of the sense . That ...
... contains stronger marks of being genuine ; yet , after all , it is impossible to deny that there are many chasms in it , as well as errors , which cannot be satisfactorily amended by any explanation or twisting of the sense . That ...
Page 59
... containing expressions wholly foreign to our manners , lofty and daring figures , or abrupt unconnected lines ; and this will , in some measure , alleviate the Herculean labour of the task . If I were not a sincere lover of truth , and ...
... containing expressions wholly foreign to our manners , lofty and daring figures , or abrupt unconnected lines ; and this will , in some measure , alleviate the Herculean labour of the task . If I were not a sincere lover of truth , and ...
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