Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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Page 42
... favour and benevolence of his own sovereign . To the history of Nadir Shah , he added a Treatise on Oriental Poetry , in the language of the translation : and I may venture to assert , that Mr. Jones was the only person in England , at ...
... favour and benevolence of his own sovereign . To the history of Nadir Shah , he added a Treatise on Oriental Poetry , in the language of the translation : and I may venture to assert , that Mr. Jones was the only person in England , at ...
Page 48
... favour of a literal interpretation as the most probable . ་ ་ In an essay on the mystical poetry of the Persians and Hindus , composed some years afterwards in India , ( Works , vol . i . p . 445. ) he thus expresses himself on the ...
... favour of a literal interpretation as the most probable . ་ ་ In an essay on the mystical poetry of the Persians and Hindus , composed some years afterwards in India , ( Works , vol . i . p . 445. ) he thus expresses himself on the ...
Page 83
... favoured me ; it is indeed a literary curiosity . But pray inform me , when you learned the Chinese lan- guage ; I did not suspect that this was one of your accomplish- ments , but there are no bounds to your acquisitions as a linguist ...
... favoured me ; it is indeed a literary curiosity . But pray inform me , when you learned the Chinese lan- guage ; I did not suspect that this was one of your accomplish- ments , but there are no bounds to your acquisitions as a linguist ...
Page 94
... favour me with a line to apprise me of your return back to town , that in case I should , in the dialect of Deptford , be moored head and stern by the gout , I may let you know as much , to save you the trouble of a visit , that will ...
... favour me with a line to apprise me of your return back to town , that in case I should , in the dialect of Deptford , be moored head and stern by the gout , I may let you know as much , to save you the trouble of a visit , that will ...
Page 100
... favoured me ; but I blush at the extravagant encomiums which you have bestowed upon me . If you persevere as you have begun in culti- vating Oriental literature , the republic of letters will be greatly obliged to you . I am extremely ...
... favoured me ; but I blush at the extravagant encomiums which you have bestowed upon me . If you persevere as you have begun in culti- vating Oriental literature , the republic of letters will be greatly obliged to you . I am extremely ...
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