Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones |
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Page 26
... period of tuition under Dr. Sumner passed rapidly , to the mutual satisfaction of the master and scholar , until Jones had reached his seventeenth year ; when it was determined to remove him to one of the Universities . This ...
... period of tuition under Dr. Sumner passed rapidly , to the mutual satisfaction of the master and scholar , until Jones had reached his seventeenth year ; when it was determined to remove him to one of the Universities . This ...
Page 28
... period of life is not ( " usually marked by extraordinary anecdote : but small " circumstances become interesting , when we can " trace in them the first principles of virtue , and the " first symptoms of those talents which afterwards ...
... period of life is not ( " usually marked by extraordinary anecdote : but small " circumstances become interesting , when we can " trace in them the first principles of virtue , and the " first symptoms of those talents which afterwards ...
Page 29
... period of his life . A decision of ❝ mind , and a strict attachment to virtue , an enthusiastic " love of liberty , an uniform spirit of philanthropy , were " the characteristics of his youth , and of his manhood : “ he did no act , he ...
... period of his life . A decision of ❝ mind , and a strict attachment to virtue , an enthusiastic " love of liberty , an uniform spirit of philanthropy , were " the characteristics of his youth , and of his manhood : “ he did no act , he ...
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... period , be compared with his years , few instances will be found in the annals of biography , of a more successful appli- cation of time and talents , than he exhibits ; and it is worthy of observation , that he was no less indebted to ...
... period , be compared with his years , few instances will be found in the annals of biography , of a more successful appli- cation of time and talents , than he exhibits ; and it is worthy of observation , that he was no less indebted to ...
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... period when he began to despair of obtaining it , he received , through Mr. Arden , whose sister was married to his friend Sumner , an offer to be the private tutor of Lord Al- thorpe , now Earl Spencer . He had been recommended to the ...
... period when he began to despair of obtaining it , he received , through Mr. Arden , whose sister was married to his friend Sumner , an offer to be the private tutor of Lord Al- thorpe , now Earl Spencer . He had been recommended to the ...
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