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Page 44
... readers . * Mr . Jones to C. Reviczki . How pleasing was that half hour to me , in which we conversed on Persian poetry , our mutual delight . I considered it the commencement of a most agreeable friendship and intercourse between us ...
... readers . * Mr . Jones to C. Reviczki . How pleasing was that half hour to me , in which we conversed on Persian poetry , our mutual delight . I considered it the commencement of a most agreeable friendship and intercourse between us ...
Page 62
... readers , who will be glad to see the Persian poet speak Latin . If you object to this , copies of them shall be deposited with my treasures , and the originals restored to you as soon as possible . You bid me return the verses to you ...
... readers , who will be glad to see the Persian poet speak Latin . If you object to this , copies of them shall be deposited with my treasures , and the originals restored to you as soon as possible . You bid me return the verses to you ...
Page 63
... reader will peruse , with pleasure , the enthusiastic veneration ex- pressed by Mr. Jones for the British constitution , and the ardour with which he pronounces himself its cham- pion : they will also remark that his attachment to it ...
... reader will peruse , with pleasure , the enthusiastic veneration ex- pressed by Mr. Jones for the British constitution , and the ardour with which he pronounces himself its cham- pion : they will also remark that his attachment to it ...
Page 65
... reader , that I were able to pronounce what impression the perusal of this work made upon the mind of Mr. Jones . It is probable , and the presumption is not advanced without reason , that it induced him to reflect with more seriousness ...
... reader , that I were able to pronounce what impression the perusal of this work made upon the mind of Mr. Jones . It is probable , and the presumption is not advanced without reason , that it induced him to reflect with more seriousness ...
Page 72
... detailed , and are repeated in another letter ; the particular mention made of them in the letter before the reader , is , therefore , untranslated . I had scarcely brought this work to a conclusion , 72 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
... detailed , and are repeated in another letter ; the particular mention made of them in the letter before the reader , is , therefore , untranslated . I had scarcely brought this work to a conclusion , 72 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
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