Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones |
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Page 72
... perhaps , wish to know how I employed my time after your departure from England : a short explanation will suffice . Amongst other occupa- tions , I revised and corrected my Commentaries on Oriental Poetry , and when I was preparing an ...
... perhaps , wish to know how I employed my time after your departure from England : a short explanation will suffice . Amongst other occupa- tions , I revised and corrected my Commentaries on Oriental Poetry , and when I was preparing an ...
Page 73
... perhaps Naples ; but on this plan you shall hereafter know my determination . You may perhaps enquire , what are my occupations at this place . I will tell you , in few words ; music , with all its sweetness and feeling ; difficult and ...
... perhaps Naples ; but on this plan you shall hereafter know my determination . You may perhaps enquire , what are my occupations at this place . I will tell you , in few words ; music , with all its sweetness and feeling ; difficult and ...
Page 76
... perhaps too severe . Your Treatise on the Military Art of the Turks de- lighted me exceedingly ; nothing can be more useful or opportune . As I cannot depend upon this letter Teaching you , I write but little , having no wish to talk to ...
... perhaps too severe . Your Treatise on the Military Art of the Turks de- lighted me exceedingly ; nothing can be more useful or opportune . As I cannot depend upon this letter Teaching you , I write but little , having no wish to talk to ...
Page 78
... perhaps think these to be words of course , and what you might naturally expect from any other person in my situation ; but , believe me , I say them upon no other motive than their truth ; for if it were my nature to speak to any one ...
... perhaps think these to be words of course , and what you might naturally expect from any other person in my situation ; but , believe me , I say them upon no other motive than their truth ; for if it were my nature to speak to any one ...
Page 79
... perhaps , has saved some of us , if not from real danger , at least from the apprehension of it . We shall not be sorry to see England again , and hope to have that pleasure very soon . Soon after my return I think of going to Oxford ...
... perhaps , has saved some of us , if not from real danger , at least from the apprehension of it . We shall not be sorry to see England again , and hope to have that pleasure very soon . Soon after my return I think of going to Oxford ...
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