Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones |
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Page 35
... thoughts of a profession , and resolved to devote him . self to the faithful discharge of the important duties of his new situation . He had the satisfaction to find that this determination would probably restore him to the society of ...
... thoughts of a profession , and resolved to devote him . self to the faithful discharge of the important duties of his new situation . He had the satisfaction to find that this determination would probably restore him to the society of ...
Page 41
... thought churlish or morose , and eager for reputation , he undertook the work , and sent a specimen of it to his Danish majesty , who returned his approbation of the style and method , but desired that the whole translation might be ...
... thought churlish or morose , and eager for reputation , he undertook the work , and sent a specimen of it to his Danish majesty , who returned his approbation of the style and method , but desired that the whole translation might be ...
Page 42
... thought it would ill be- come him to mention , at the head of a work , in which he professed to be the historian of others , and not of himself ; but , to repel the false assertions which appeared in an advertisement on this subject ...
... thought it would ill be- come him to mention , at the head of a work , in which he professed to be the historian of others , and not of himself ; but , to repel the false assertions which appeared in an advertisement on this subject ...
Page 45
... thought , could be more sublime than the Odes of Pindar , nothing sweeter than , Anacreon , nothing more polished or ele- gant than the golden remains of Sappho , Archilochus , Alcæus , and Simonides ; but when I had tasted the poetry ...
... thought , could be more sublime than the Odes of Pindar , nothing sweeter than , Anacreon , nothing more polished or ele- gant than the golden remains of Sappho , Archilochus , Alcæus , and Simonides ; but when I had tasted the poetry ...
Page 51
... thought tedious . I suspect that I am indebted to your partiality and politeness only , for the excessive encomiums which you have bestowed upon my translation of the two Odes which I sent to you , as well as for the favourable opinion ...
... thought tedious . I suspect that I am indebted to your partiality and politeness only , for the excessive encomiums which you have bestowed upon my translation of the two Odes which I sent to you , as well as for the favourable opinion ...
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