Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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... Poem , in twelve books Britain Discovered , an Heroic Poem 475 483 B. A Prefatory Discourse to An Essay on the History of the Turks 491 No. 1 . De Græcis Oratoribus 515 2 . Terzetti 516 3. An Ode of Jami 519 4 . A Song from the Persian ...
... Poem , in twelve books Britain Discovered , an Heroic Poem 475 483 B. A Prefatory Discourse to An Essay on the History of the Turks 491 No. 1 . De Græcis Oratoribus 515 2 . Terzetti 516 3. An Ode of Jami 519 4 . A Song from the Persian ...
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... poetry , adopt the language of Chaucer , as the only model he could take for a specimen of the English Doric . Spenser speaks in his own dialect , and , as the poet says , Masks in the roughest veil the sweetest song . In the original ...
... poetry , adopt the language of Chaucer , as the only model he could take for a specimen of the English Doric . Spenser speaks in his own dialect , and , as the poet says , Masks in the roughest veil the sweetest song . In the original ...
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... poetry , and practical morals , he complained that he was required to attend dull comments on artificial ethics , and logic detailed in such barbarous Latin , that he professed to know as little of it as he then knew of Arabic . The ...
... poetry , and practical morals , he complained that he was required to attend dull comments on artificial ethics , and logic detailed in such barbarous Latin , that he professed to know as little of it as he then knew of Arabic . The ...
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... poets and historians of note , and the entire works of Plato and Lucian , with a vast appa- ratus of commentaries on them ; constantly reading with a pen in his hand , making remarks , and composing in imitation of his favourite authors ...
... poets and historians of note , and the entire works of Plato and Lucian , with a vast appa- ratus of commentaries on them ; constantly reading with a pen in his hand , making remarks , and composing in imitation of his favourite authors ...
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... Poetry , in imitation of Dr. Louth's Prelections at Oxford , on the sacred poetry of the Hebrews . The summer of 1767 , opened a new scene to him ; the indispo- sition of Lord Spencer rendered a journey to Spa advisable for the ...
... Poetry , in imitation of Dr. Louth's Prelections at Oxford , on the sacred poetry of the Hebrews . The summer of 1767 , opened a new scene to him ; the indispo- sition of Lord Spencer rendered a journey to Spa advisable for the ...
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