The Works of Sir William Jones ...G. G. and J. Robinson, 1799 |
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... less interesting to the publick , than dear to herself ! The prefent collection confifts of all the works printed during the Author's life , and of some others , which , though not corrected by him for the press , evidently appear to ...
... less interesting to the publick , than dear to herself ! The prefent collection confifts of all the works printed during the Author's life , and of some others , which , though not corrected by him for the press , evidently appear to ...
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... less distinguished for philanthropy , and liberality of fentiment , than for juft expofitions of the law , per- fpicuity , and elegance of diction ; and his oratory was as captivating as his arguments were convincing . In an epilogue to ...
... less distinguished for philanthropy , and liberality of fentiment , than for juft expofitions of the law , per- fpicuity , and elegance of diction ; and his oratory was as captivating as his arguments were convincing . In an epilogue to ...
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... less elevated ftrain ; but , fince the inhabitants of the districts near Agra , and principally of the Duab , are said to surpass all other Indians in eloquence , and to have compofed many agreeable tales in 14 THE PRESIDENT'S SECOND.
... less elevated ftrain ; but , fince the inhabitants of the districts near Agra , and principally of the Duab , are said to surpass all other Indians in eloquence , and to have compofed many agreeable tales in 14 THE PRESIDENT'S SECOND.
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... less calculated to give com- plete fatisfaction in historical disquisitions , where every postulatum will perhaps be refused , and every definition controverted : this may seem a flight objection , but the subject is in itself fo ...
... less calculated to give com- plete fatisfaction in historical disquisitions , where every postulatum will perhaps be refused , and every definition controverted : this may seem a flight objection , but the subject is in itself fo ...
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... less deviation from their original form . The Hindus themselves believe their own country , to which they give the vain epithets of Medhyama or Central , and Punyabhúmi , or the Land of Virtues , to have been the portion of BHARAT , one ...
... less deviation from their original form . The Hindus themselves believe their own country , to which they give the vain epithets of Medhyama or Central , and Punyabhúmi , or the Land of Virtues , to have been the portion of BHARAT , one ...
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