Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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Page 276
... Hindu and Mussulman law . I have enabled myself by excessive care to read the oldest Sanscrit law books with the help of a loose Persian paraphrase ; and I have begun a translation of Menu into English ; the best Arabian law - tract , I ...
... Hindu and Mussulman law . I have enabled myself by excessive care to read the oldest Sanscrit law books with the help of a loose Persian paraphrase ; and I have begun a translation of Menu into English ; the best Arabian law - tract , I ...
Page 309
... laws of inheritance and contracts ; and the code , as it is called , of Hindu law , which was compiled at the request of Mr. Hastings , will be useful for the same purpose , though it by no means obviates the difficulties before stated ...
... laws of inheritance and contracts ; and the code , as it is called , of Hindu law , which was compiled at the request of Mr. Hastings , will be useful for the same purpose , though it by no means obviates the difficulties before stated ...
Page 313
... Hindu and Mohammedan law , in facilita- ting what he was ever anxious to promote , the duc administration of justice ... Hindus and Mohammedans , a sufficient number of persons duly qualified for the task of compilation , he traced the ...
... Hindu and Mohammedan law , in facilita- ting what he was ever anxious to promote , the duc administration of justice ... Hindus and Mohammedans , a sufficient number of persons duly qualified for the task of compilation , he traced the ...
Page 353
... laws . Menu is esteemed by the Hindus the first of created beings , and not the oldest only , but the holiest , of legislators ; and his system is so comprehensive and so minutely exact , that it may be considered as an institute of Hindu ...
... laws . Menu is esteemed by the Hindus the first of created beings , and not the oldest only , but the holiest , of legislators ; and his system is so comprehensive and so minutely exact , that it may be considered as an institute of Hindu ...
Page 373
... Hindu and Mohammedan law . But neither the consciousness of acquitting himself of an obligation which he had voluntarily contracted , nor his incessant assiduity , could fill the vacuity occasioned by the absence of her , whose society ...
... Hindu and Mohammedan law . But neither the consciousness of acquitting himself of an obligation which he had voluntarily contracted , nor his incessant assiduity , could fill the vacuity occasioned by the absence of her , whose society ...
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