The Works of Sir William Jones ...G. G. and J. Robinson, 1799 |
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... ideas on the plan of our society ; affuring you , that , whether you reject or approve them , your correction will give ... idea to the North , you have on your right , many important kingdoms in the Eastern peninfula , the ancient and ...
... ideas on the plan of our society ; affuring you , that , whether you reject or approve them , your correction will give ... idea to the North , you have on your right , many important kingdoms in the Eastern peninfula , the ancient and ...
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... idea . If now it be asked , what are the intended objects of our inquiries within these spacious limits , we anfwer ... ideas , which we receive through our fenfes , or acquire by reflection ; hence the three main branches of learning ...
... idea . If now it be asked , what are the intended objects of our inquiries within these spacious limits , we anfwer ... ideas , which we receive through our fenfes , or acquire by reflection ; hence the three main branches of learning ...
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... idea of popular eloquence ; but the art of writing , in elegant and modulated periods , has been cultivated in Afia ... ideas of beauty and fublimity . Permit me now to add a few words on the Sciences , properly fo named ; in which it ...
... idea of popular eloquence ; but the art of writing , in elegant and modulated periods , has been cultivated in Afia ... ideas of beauty and fublimity . Permit me now to add a few words on the Sciences , properly fo named ; in which it ...
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... them ; and a few ideas having presented themselves to my mind , I presume to lay them before you , with an entire fubmiffion to your judgement . No No contributions , except those of the literary kind , 16 THE PRESIDENT'S SECOND.
... them ; and a few ideas having presented themselves to my mind , I presume to lay them before you , with an entire fubmiffion to your judgement . No No contributions , except those of the literary kind , 16 THE PRESIDENT'S SECOND.
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... ideas , now used in China and Japan , and formerly , perhaps , in Egypt and Mexico , are quite of a distinct nature ; but it is very remarkable , that the order of founds in the Chinese grammars correfponds nearly with that obferved in ...
... ideas , now used in China and Japan , and formerly , perhaps , in Egypt and Mexico , are quite of a distinct nature ; but it is very remarkable , that the order of founds in the Chinese grammars correfponds nearly with that obferved in ...
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