Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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... reputation at the same time was so extensive , that he was often flattered by the enquiries of strangers , under the title of the Great Scholar . Of Of his juvenile compositions in prose and verse , the SIR WILLIAM JONES . 21.
... reputation at the same time was so extensive , that he was often flattered by the enquiries of strangers , under the title of the Great Scholar . Of Of his juvenile compositions in prose and verse , the SIR WILLIAM JONES . 21.
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John Shore Baron Teignmouth. Of his juvenile compositions in prose and verse , the early fruits of rare talents and unbounded industry , some have been printed in the fragment of a work which he began at school and entitled Limon * , in ...
John Shore Baron Teignmouth. Of his juvenile compositions in prose and verse , the early fruits of rare talents and unbounded industry , some have been printed in the fragment of a work which he began at school and entitled Limon * , in ...
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... verse , in which , however , the greatest deviation from the text consists in the occasional substi- tution of mistress for mignon , either to give a connection to the stanzas , which in this kind of composition is never preserved , or ...
... verse , in which , however , the greatest deviation from the text consists in the occasional substi- tution of mistress for mignon , either to give a connection to the stanzas , which in this kind of composition is never preserved , or ...
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... verse . You will find in the margin several quotations from the Greek and Latin Poets , which occurred to my recollection , whilst I was reading Hafez , expressing the same sentiments with the Persian . I hope to have the satisfaction ...
... verse . You will find in the margin several quotations from the Greek and Latin Poets , which occurred to my recollection , whilst I was reading Hafez , expressing the same sentiments with the Persian . I hope to have the satisfaction ...
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... verses on wine , youths , pleasures , and a contempt for religion , so discreditable to a good mussulman ; but the ablest of them all , the learned Sadi , disclaims this mode of illustration , and professes to give a literal exposition ...
... verses on wine , youths , pleasures , and a contempt for religion , so discreditable to a good mussulman ; but the ablest of them all , the learned Sadi , disclaims this mode of illustration , and professes to give a literal exposition ...
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