Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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Page 39
... poets of those celebrated nations ; and to examine their jurisprudence by a standard of comparison , which impressed his mind with a decided reverence for the institutions of his own country . He was not , however , regardless of the ...
... poets of those celebrated nations ; and to examine their jurisprudence by a standard of comparison , which impressed his mind with a decided reverence for the institutions of his own country . He was not , however , regardless of the ...
Page 42
... Poetry , in the language of the translation : and I may venture to assert , that Mr. Jones was the only person in England , at that time , capable of producing a work , which required a critical knowledge of two foreign languages , one ...
... Poetry , in the language of the translation : and I may venture to assert , that Mr. Jones was the only person in England , at that time , capable of producing a work , which required a critical knowledge of two foreign languages , one ...
Page 43
... How pleasing was that half hour to me , in which we conversed on Persian poetry , our mutual delight . I considered it * Appendix , No. 1 . the the commencement of a most agreeable friendship and intercourse between SIR WILLIAM JONES . 43.
... How pleasing was that half hour to me , in which we conversed on Persian poetry , our mutual delight . I considered it * Appendix , No. 1 . the the commencement of a most agreeable friendship and intercourse between SIR WILLIAM JONES . 43.
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... poetry of the Arabs and Persians The remainder of this letter is lost : but from the context , and the answer of Reviczki , we may conclude that it contained an ela- borate panegyric on Eastern poetry , expressed with all the rapture ...
... poetry of the Arabs and Persians The remainder of this letter is lost : but from the context , and the answer of Reviczki , we may conclude that it contained an ela- borate panegyric on Eastern poetry , expressed with all the rapture ...
Page 45
... Poets , who must blush at the poverty of their prosaic language , when they find that the Oriental dialects ( independently of rhyme , which is of their invention ) have true syllabic quantities as well as the Greek , and a greater ...
... Poets , who must blush at the poverty of their prosaic language , when they find that the Oriental dialects ( independently of rhyme , which is of their invention ) have true syllabic quantities as well as the Greek , and a greater ...
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