Portuguese were familiar to him. At an early period of life his application to Oriental Literature commenced : he... Works - Page ivby Sir William Jones - 1807Full view - About this book
| 1795 - 916 pages
...Italian, he fpoke and «rote with the greateft fluency and precifioo ; and the German and 1'urtaguefe were familiar to him. At an early period of life,...application to Oriental literature commenced : ¡ he ftudicd the Hebrew with cafe and fuccefs ; and many of the moft learned Afiatics have the candour to... | |
| 1795 - 540 pages
...wrote with the greatell floency and precifion ; and the German and Portuguefe were familiar to Ы ¡п. At an early period of life his application to Oriental literature commenced ; he ftudicd the Hebrew with еаГе and fuccefs ; and many of the mod learned Afntics have the candour... | |
| 1796 - 490 pages
...Spanijh, and the Italian, he fpoke and wrote with the greateft fluency and precifion ; and the Cerman and Portuguefe were familiar to him. At an early period...candour to avow, that his knowledge of Arabick and Per/tan was as accurate and extenfive as their own ; he was alfo converfant in the Turkijh idiom, and... | |
| 1798 - 542 pages
...spoke and wrote with the greatest fluency and precision, and the German and Portuguese were familar to him. At an early period of life his application to Oriental literature commenced ; he studied the Hebrew with ease and success and many of the most learned learned Asiatics have the candour... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1799 - 614 pages
...dialects of modern Europe, the French, the Spanifh, and the Italian, he fpoke and wrote with the geeateft fluency and precifion ; and the German and Portuguefe...application to Oriental literature commenced ; he 'fludied the Hebrew with cafe and fuccefs, and many of the m.oft learned Afiatics have the candour... | |
| 1799 - 614 pages
...dialefts of modern Europe, the French, the Spanifh, and the Italian', he fpoke and wrote with the greatefl fluency and precifion ; and the German and Portuguefe...application to Oriental literature commenced ; he fludied the Hebrew whh eafe and fuccefs, and many of the moft . learned Afiatics have the candour to... | |
| 1800 - 812 pages
...progreffive. The more elegant dialects of modern Europe, the French, the Spanifli, and the Italian, he fpoke and wrote with the greateft fluency and precifion...with eafe and fuccefs ; and many of the moft learned Afiatics have the candour to avow, that his knowledge of Arabic and Pcrfian was as accurate and extenfive... | |
| 1800 - 490 pages
...French, the Spanifll, and the Iuli.m, he fpuke and wrote with the greateft fluency and precifion ; aivd the German and Portuguefe were familiar to him. At...literature commenced ; he ftudied the Hebrew with eufe and fuccefs; and many of the moft learned, Afiatics have the candour to avow, th:it his knowledge... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1800 - 1008 pages
...Spanifli, and the Italian, he fpoke and wrote with the greateft fluency and precifion ; and the German ami Portuguefe were familiar to him. At an early period...application to oriental literature commenced ; he iludie'd the Hebrew with eate and fuccefs ; and many of the moil learned Afiatics have the candour... | |
| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1801 - 436 pages
...progreffive. The more elegant dialects of modem Europe, the French, the Spanifh, and Italian, he fpoke and wrote with the greateft fluency and precifion...with eafe and fuccefs; and many of the moft learned Afiaties have the candour to avow, that his knowledge of Arabic and Per» fian wa¿ as accurate and... | |
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