Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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Page 24
... letter in French , but I thought I could express my thoughts with more energy , in my own language . I come now , after a long interval , to mention some more private circumstances . Pray give my duty to my Mamma , and thank her for my ...
... letter in French , but I thought I could express my thoughts with more energy , in my own language . I come now , after a long interval , to mention some more private circumstances . Pray give my duty to my Mamma , and thank her for my ...
Page 25
... letter from your old acquaintance , and the former has made me an elegant present . I am now very much taken up with study ; am to speak Antony's speech in Shakespeare's Julius Cæsar ( which play I will read to you when I come to town ) ...
... letter from your old acquaintance , and the former has made me an elegant present . I am now very much taken up with study ; am to speak Antony's speech in Shakespeare's Julius Cæsar ( which play I will read to you when I come to town ) ...
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... letter on the same day on which I wrote to you ; and I read it with the greatest pleasure , though I could have wished that it had been more just to your own merit , and less flattering to me . I will not however take your expressions ...
... letter on the same day on which I wrote to you ; and I read it with the greatest pleasure , though I could have wished that it had been more just to your own merit , and less flattering to me . I will not however take your expressions ...
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... letter has afforded me most pleasure or instruction ; it is indeed so admirable , that I must point out the only fault which I find in it , that of brevity , although you seem apprehensive of being thought tedious . I suspect that I am ...
... letter has afforded me most pleasure or instruction ; it is indeed so admirable , that I must point out the only fault which I find in it , that of brevity , although you seem apprehensive of being thought tedious . I suspect that I am ...
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... letter but one , as I think it will please you . It is by no means one of the easiest , either to understand , or translate ; and indeed , the force of the peculiar idioms of a foreign language cannot be well conveyed by any ...
... letter but one , as I think it will please you . It is by no means one of the easiest , either to understand , or translate ; and indeed , the force of the peculiar idioms of a foreign language cannot be well conveyed by any ...
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