Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones |
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Page 56
... mean , how- ever , some time or other , to publish as much as I can . The person who applied to me for the first book of the Iliad , with a verbal analysis , already possesses the key to Homer ; but he thinks the other work better ...
... mean , how- ever , some time or other , to publish as much as I can . The person who applied to me for the first book of the Iliad , with a verbal analysis , already possesses the key to Homer ; but he thinks the other work better ...
Page 57
... means one of the easiest , either to under- stand , or translate ; and , indeed , the force of the peculiar idioms of a foreign language cannot be well conveyed by any circumlocution . You ask my opinion of the affinity between the ...
... means one of the easiest , either to under- stand , or translate ; and , indeed , the force of the peculiar idioms of a foreign language cannot be well conveyed by any circumlocution . You ask my opinion of the affinity between the ...
Page 72
... means think myself entitled to such an honour . I will , however , make my remarks upon them as well as I can , and return them to you when I receive an answer to this letter ; for I should be sorry to trust such precious writings to ...
... means think myself entitled to such an honour . I will , however , make my remarks upon them as well as I can , and return them to you when I receive an answer to this letter ; for I should be sorry to trust such precious writings to ...
Page 81
... means , to publish them . They are worthy of your acknowledged talents , and will en- sure you the applause of all the learned . I say this without flattery , which is , indeed , foreign to my charac- ter . The criticisms which I sent ...
... means , to publish them . They are worthy of your acknowledged talents , and will en- sure you the applause of all the learned . I say this without flattery , which is , indeed , foreign to my charac- ter . The criticisms which I sent ...
Page 84
... mean to publish in a separate volume . The king of Denmark , as I am informed , approves my work much , and has some honours in view for me ; but of what nature I know not . When he was consider- ing what recompense he should bestow ...
... mean to publish in a separate volume . The king of Denmark , as I am informed , approves my work much , and has some honours in view for me ; but of what nature I know not . When he was consider- ing what recompense he should bestow ...
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