Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones |
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... success , and I am chiefly indebted to his correspondence for the information which I have been able to communicate . In the arrangement of these materials , it was my wish , as far as possible , to make Sir William Jones describe ...
... success , and I am chiefly indebted to his correspondence for the information which I have been able to communicate . In the arrangement of these materials , it was my wish , as far as possible , to make Sir William Jones describe ...
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... success , relating the anecdote by which he gained it . He returned with the fleet to England , and imme- diately afterwards established himself as a teacher of mathematics , in London , where , at the age of twenty- six , he published ...
... success , relating the anecdote by which he gained it . He returned with the fleet to England , and imme- diately afterwards established himself as a teacher of mathematics , in London , where , at the age of twenty- six , he published ...
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... success of it so much depends upon the judgment of the tutor and the capacity of the scholar , upon the skill of the one as well as upon the disposition and powers of the other , that it is impossible to prescribe a general rule , when ...
... success of it so much depends upon the judgment of the tutor and the capacity of the scholar , upon the skill of the one as well as upon the disposition and powers of the other , that it is impossible to prescribe a general rule , when ...
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... success , that , in a few months , he not only recovered the station from which he had been degraded , but was at the head of his class : his compositions were correct , his analysis accurate , and he uniformly gained every prize ...
... success , that , in a few months , he not only recovered the station from which he had been degraded , but was at the head of his class : his compositions were correct , his analysis accurate , and he uniformly gained every prize ...
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... success , with which his studies had latterly been pursued , left him no reason to regret the disadvantages under which he had at first laboured . His improvement in the knowledge of prosody was truly extraordinary ; he 18 MEMOIRS OF ...
... success , with which his studies had latterly been pursued , left him no reason to regret the disadvantages under which he had at first laboured . His improvement in the knowledge of prosody was truly extraordinary ; he 18 MEMOIRS OF ...
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