Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones |
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Page 87
... happy talent of blending pleasure and recreation with the most in- tense study and thirst for literature . Take care , however , that you do not suffer the ardour of application to deprive you of the gratifications of life ...
... happy talent of blending pleasure and recreation with the most in- tense study and thirst for literature . Take care , however , that you do not suffer the ardour of application to deprive you of the gratifications of life ...
Page 99
... happy to hear that my lord chief justice does not retire on account of ill health , but from a motive which does him the highest honour . He will now enjoy the greatest happiness of human life , ease with dignity , after having passed ...
... happy to hear that my lord chief justice does not retire on account of ill health , but from a motive which does him the highest honour . He will now enjoy the greatest happiness of human life , ease with dignity , after having passed ...
Page 121
... happy instrument in the hands of learned and inquisitive men , for unlocking the rich treasures of wisdom and knowledge which have been preserved in the Hebrew , Arabic , Persic , and the other Oriental languages , and especially the ...
... happy instrument in the hands of learned and inquisitive men , for unlocking the rich treasures of wisdom and knowledge which have been preserved in the Hebrew , Arabic , Persic , and the other Oriental languages , and especially the ...
Page 122
... happy island , I feel the most exquisite delight at the recollection of the pleasure . and improvement which I derived from your society : at the same time my anxiety for your company excites . the most lively regret at our separation ...
... happy island , I feel the most exquisite delight at the recollection of the pleasure . and improvement which I derived from your society : at the same time my anxiety for your company excites . the most lively regret at our separation ...
Page 127
... happy to avail myself of it . In your society I should prefer a winter in Holland to the gardens of the Hespe- rides , nor indulge a wish for the vales of Tempe ; but my legal occupations make the summer more conve- nient for travelling ...
... happy to avail myself of it . In your society I should prefer a winter in Holland to the gardens of the Hespe- rides , nor indulge a wish for the vales of Tempe ; but my legal occupations make the summer more conve- nient for travelling ...
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