Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones |
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Page 90
... native tongue , our first step must be to make ourselves per- fect masters of the language of the country in which we are born . In consequence of this analysis , I intend to distri- bute my dissertation into several distinct treatises ...
... native tongue , our first step must be to make ourselves per- fect masters of the language of the country in which we are born . In consequence of this analysis , I intend to distri- bute my dissertation into several distinct treatises ...
Page 101
... native of China , who is now in London . I cannot recollect where he lodges , but shall know when I come to town , which will be to - morrow or Saturday . I shall be at Richard- son's till my grammar is finished , unless I can buy a set ...
... native of China , who is now in London . I cannot recollect where he lodges , but shall know when I come to town , which will be to - morrow or Saturday . I shall be at Richard- son's till my grammar is finished , unless I can buy a set ...
Page 128
... native of Scotland , into Syria , Arabia , Abyssinia , Nubia , and Egypt . He is as well acquainted with the coast of the Red sea , and the sources of the Nile , as with his own house . He has brought with him some Æthiopic manuscripts ...
... native of Scotland , into Syria , Arabia , Abyssinia , Nubia , and Egypt . He is as well acquainted with the coast of the Red sea , and the sources of the Nile , as with his own house . He has brought with him some Æthiopic manuscripts ...
Page 159
... native language , was a task which required the united qualifications of classi- cal erudition and legal knowledge , and which he dis- charged with equal pleasure and success . " There is no branch of learning , from which a stu- " dent ...
... native language , was a task which required the united qualifications of classi- cal erudition and legal knowledge , and which he dis- charged with equal pleasure and success . " There is no branch of learning , from which a stu- " dent ...
Page 171
... native language , but even write it ( I speak sincerely ) with elegance , I will try to answer in English , with Roman simplicity . It gives me great pleasure that my juvenile composi tions have been at all useful or entertaining to you ...
... native language , but even write it ( I speak sincerely ) with elegance , I will try to answer in English , with Roman simplicity . It gives me great pleasure that my juvenile composi tions have been at all useful or entertaining to you ...
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