The Works of Sir William Jones ...G. G. and J. Robinson, 1799 |
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... because it gives the most accurate , and comprehenfive account , yet extant , of Sir William Jones's enlarged views , and literary labours ; and tends to illustrate a character already endeared to mankind , wherever Religion , Science ...
... because it gives the most accurate , and comprehenfive account , yet extant , of Sir William Jones's enlarged views , and literary labours ; and tends to illustrate a character already endeared to mankind , wherever Religion , Science ...
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... because I can defire nothing in preference to the general good , which your plan seems calculated to promote , by bringing to light many useful and interesting tracts , which , being too fhort for feparate publication , might lie many ...
... because I can defire nothing in preference to the general good , which your plan seems calculated to promote , by bringing to light many useful and interesting tracts , which , being too fhort for feparate publication , might lie many ...
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... because ignorant travellers thus mis - fpell the word khanjar , which in truth means a different weapon , or fandal - wood from the Greek , because we fuppofe , that Sandals were fometimes made of it , we gain no ground in proving the ...
... because ignorant travellers thus mis - fpell the word khanjar , which in truth means a different weapon , or fandal - wood from the Greek , because we fuppofe , that Sandals were fometimes made of it , we gain no ground in proving the ...
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... because I find reafon to believe it the true centre of population or of knowledge , but , because it is the country , which we now inhabit , and from which we may best survey the re- gions around us ; as , in popular language , we speak ...
... because I find reafon to believe it the true centre of population or of knowledge , but , because it is the country , which we now inhabit , and from which we may best survey the re- gions around us ; as , in popular language , we speak ...
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... because they are believed to have been taught by the Divinity himself , who prescribed the artificial order of them in a voice from heaven . These letters , with no greater variation in their form by the change of straight lines to ...
... because they are believed to have been taught by the Divinity himself , who prescribed the artificial order of them in a voice from heaven . These letters , with no greater variation in their form by the change of straight lines to ...
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