Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones |
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Page 12
... present of the Principia , and am much concerned to find myself so deeply charged with obligations to you , and such I fear as all my future endeavours will never be able to requite . This edition is indeed exceedingly beautiful , and ...
... present of the Principia , and am much concerned to find myself so deeply charged with obligations to you , and such I fear as all my future endeavours will never be able to requite . This edition is indeed exceedingly beautiful , and ...
Page 23
... present ; for the life of no man can be pronounced either happy or miserable , virtuous or abandoned , before the conclu- sion of it . It was upon this reflection , that Solon , being asked by Croesus , a monarch of immense riches , SIR ...
... present ; for the life of no man can be pronounced either happy or miserable , virtuous or abandoned , before the conclu- sion of it . It was upon this reflection , that Solon , being asked by Croesus , a monarch of immense riches , SIR ...
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... present . I am now very much taken up with study ; am to speak Antony's speech in Shake- speare's Julius Cæsar ( which play I will read to you when I come to town ) , and am this week to make a declamation . I add no more than the ...
... present . I am now very much taken up with study ; am to speak Antony's speech in Shake- speare's Julius Cæsar ( which play I will read to you when I come to town ) , and am this week to make a declamation . I add no more than the ...
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... present to Oxford , where he re- mained for a few months , and , in the summer of 1765 , went , for the first time , as had been proposed , to Wim- bledon Park , to take upon himself the charge of his pupil's education . He was now ...
... present to Oxford , where he re- mained for a few months , and , in the summer of 1765 , went , for the first time , as had been proposed , to Wim- bledon Park , to take upon himself the charge of his pupil's education . He was now ...
Page 41
... presents to his courtiers . Such were the circumstances which induced him , ( as he modestly observed ) against his inclinations , to de- scribe the life of a conqueror , and to appear in public as an author , before a maturity of ...
... presents to his courtiers . Such were the circumstances which induced him , ( as he modestly observed ) against his inclinations , to de- scribe the life of a conqueror , and to appear in public as an author , before a maturity of ...
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