The Works of Sir William Jones ...G. G. and J. Robinson, 1799 |
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... he was enabled to attain to a degree of knowledge almost univerfal , and apparently beyond the powers of man , during a life little exceeding forty - feven years . The The faculties of his mind , by nature vigorous , [ xiii ]
... he was enabled to attain to a degree of knowledge almost univerfal , and apparently beyond the powers of man , during a life little exceeding forty - feven years . The The faculties of his mind , by nature vigorous , [ xiii ]
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... almost encircled by the vast regions of Asia , which has ever been esteemed the nurse of sciences , the inventrefs of delightful and useful arts , the scene of glorious actions , fertile in the productions of human genius , abounding in ...
... almost encircled by the vast regions of Asia , which has ever been esteemed the nurse of sciences , the inventrefs of delightful and useful arts , the scene of glorious actions , fertile in the productions of human genius , abounding in ...
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... almost by imperceptible degrees , a fuller catalogue of Oriental books , than has hitherto been exhibited , and our corre- fpondents would be apprised of those points , to which we chiefly direct our investigations . Much may , I am ...
... almost by imperceptible degrees , a fuller catalogue of Oriental books , than has hitherto been exhibited , and our corre- fpondents would be apprised of those points , to which we chiefly direct our investigations . Much may , I am ...
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... almost wholly Synthetical ; and , though fynthefis may be the better mode in pure science , where the principles are undeniable , yet it seems less calculated to give com- plete fatisfaction in historical disquisitions , where every ...
... almost wholly Synthetical ; and , though fynthefis may be the better mode in pure science , where the principles are undeniable , yet it seems less calculated to give com- plete fatisfaction in historical disquisitions , where every ...
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... almost as large as all Europe ; being divided on the west from Perfia by the Arachofian mountains , limited on the eaft by the Chinese part of the farther peninfula , confined on the north by the wilds of Tartary , and extending to the ...
... almost as large as all Europe ; being divided on the west from Perfia by the Arachofian mountains , limited on the eaft by the Chinese part of the farther peninfula , confined on the north by the wilds of Tartary , and extending to the ...
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