The Works of Sir William Jones ...G. G. and J. Robinson, 1799 |
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... subject of my first address to you ; and if in the delineation of it , fondness or affection for the man should ap- pear blended with my reverence for his genius and abilities , in the fym- pathy of your feelings I fhall find my apology ...
... subject of my first address to you ; and if in the delineation of it , fondness or affection for the man should ap- pear blended with my reverence for his genius and abilities , in the fym- pathy of your feelings I fhall find my apology ...
Page vi
... subject to an uncer- tain and erroneous expofition , or wilful misinterpretation of their laws . To the superintendance of this work , which was immediately un- dertaken at his fuggeftion , he affiduously devoted those hours which he ...
... subject to an uncer- tain and erroneous expofition , or wilful misinterpretation of their laws . To the superintendance of this work , which was immediately un- dertaken at his fuggeftion , he affiduously devoted those hours which he ...
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... subject of this last work , I cannot deny myself the gratification of quoting the fentiments of a celebrated hiftorian : " Sir " William Jones has given an ingenious and rational effay on the law " of Bailments . He is perhaps the only ...
... subject of this last work , I cannot deny myself the gratification of quoting the fentiments of a celebrated hiftorian : " Sir " William Jones has given an ingenious and rational effay on the law " of Bailments . He is perhaps the only ...
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... subject , much of the old Grecian theory may probably be recovered . 66 The poetical works of the Arabs and Perfians , which differ fur- prisingly in their style and form , are here pretty generally known ; and , though tastes ...
... subject , much of the old Grecian theory may probably be recovered . 66 The poetical works of the Arabs and Perfians , which differ fur- prisingly in their style and form , are here pretty generally known ; and , though tastes ...
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... subject is in itself fo interesting , and the full conviction of all reasonable men fo defirable , that it may not be loft labour to discuss the fame or a fimilar theory in a method purely ana- lytical , and , after beginning with facts ...
... subject is in itself fo interesting , and the full conviction of all reasonable men fo defirable , that it may not be loft labour to discuss the fame or a fimilar theory in a method purely ana- lytical , and , after beginning with facts ...
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