The Works of Sir William Jones ...G. G. and J. Robinson, 1799 |
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... perhaps to farther im- provements . It was to be expected , after his arrival in India , that he would eagerly embrace the opportunity of making himself master of the Sanferit ; and the most enlightened profeffors of the doctrines of ...
... perhaps to farther im- provements . It was to be expected , after his arrival in India , that he would eagerly embrace the opportunity of making himself master of the Sanferit ; and the most enlightened profeffors of the doctrines of ...
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... a celebrated hiftorian : " Sir " William Jones has given an ingenious and rational effay on the law " of Bailments . He is perhaps the only lawyer equally converfant with " the " the year books of Westminster , the commentaries of [ x ]
... a celebrated hiftorian : " Sir " William Jones has given an ingenious and rational effay on the law " of Bailments . He is perhaps the only lawyer equally converfant with " the " the year books of Westminster , the commentaries of [ x ]
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... perhaps were a barrier against the violence of the fea , and beyond them the very interefting country of Tibet , and the vast regions of Tartary , from which , as from the Trojan horse of the poets , have iffued fo many confummate ...
... perhaps were a barrier against the violence of the fea , and beyond them the very interefting country of Tibet , and the vast regions of Tartary , from which , as from the Trojan horse of the poets , have iffued fo many confummate ...
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... true propofition in his work was , that it should contain nothing true ; and perhaps it may be advisable at firft , in order order to prevent any difference of fentiment on particular points THE PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE . 5.
... true propofition in his work was , that it should contain nothing true ; and perhaps it may be advisable at firft , in order order to prevent any difference of fentiment on particular points THE PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE . 5.
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... perhaps be difpofed to admit mere tranflations of confiderable length , except of fuch unpublished effays or treatises as may be tranf- mitted to us by native authors ; but , whether you will enrol as mem- bers any number of learned ...
... perhaps be difpofed to admit mere tranflations of confiderable length , except of fuch unpublished effays or treatises as may be tranf- mitted to us by native authors ; but , whether you will enrol as mem- bers any number of learned ...
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