Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones |
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... perusal of various elementary treatises , which had never been explained nor even recommended to him ; and having thus acquired principles , he applied them with such skill and success , that , in a few months , he not only recovered ...
... perusal of various elementary treatises , which had never been explained nor even recommended to him ; and having thus acquired principles , he applied them with such skill and success , that , in a few months , he not only recovered ...
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... His disgust to the study of the law had also been particularly excited by the perusal of some old and inaccurate abridgment of law cases in barbarous Latin . This disinclination on his part , the 26 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
... His disgust to the study of the law had also been particularly excited by the perusal of some old and inaccurate abridgment of law cases in barbarous Latin . This disinclination on his part , the 26 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
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... peruse the little treatise of Fortescue , in praise of the laws of England ; and , although he was more diverted with the simplicity of the Latin style , than attracted by the subject , he felt so much interest in the work , as to sudy ...
... peruse the little treatise of Fortescue , in praise of the laws of England ; and , although he was more diverted with the simplicity of the Latin style , than attracted by the subject , he felt so much interest in the work , as to sudy ...
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... perusal ) I well remember , from the little of it which I have read , having remarked a close connection between the grammar of the Hebrew and Arabic , the moods and tenses in both are so few , as to require , the substitution of one ...
... perusal ) I well remember , from the little of it which I have read , having remarked a close connection between the grammar of the Hebrew and Arabic , the moods and tenses in both are so few , as to require , the substitution of one ...
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... perusal Smith's Treatise on the English Constitution , and the Dialogue of Fortescue , in praise of the Laws of England . Thomas Smith was the English ambassa- dor in France , in the reign of Elizabeth , and his work is in Latin , and ...
... perusal Smith's Treatise on the English Constitution , and the Dialogue of Fortescue , in praise of the Laws of England . Thomas Smith was the English ambassa- dor in France , in the reign of Elizabeth , and his work is in Latin , and ...
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