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... writing of Sir William Jones himself , entitled DESIDERATA , as more explanatory than any thing I can say , of the comprehenfive views of his enlightened mind . It contains , as a perufal of it will show , whatever is moft curious ...
... writing of Sir William Jones himself , entitled DESIDERATA , as more explanatory than any thing I can say , of the comprehenfive views of his enlightened mind . It contains , as a perufal of it will show , whatever is moft curious ...
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... written by experienced natives of these provinces , I am not yet informed ; but fince the court of Spain expect to find useful remarks in an Arabick tract preserved in the Efcurial , on the cultivation of land in that kingdom , we ...
... written by experienced natives of these provinces , I am not yet informed ; but fince the court of Spain expect to find useful remarks in an Arabick tract preserved in the Efcurial , on the cultivation of land in that kingdom , we ...
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... written , should not be neglected . No fpecimens of genuine Oratory can be expected from nations , among whom the form of government precludes even the idea of popular eloquence ; but the art of writing , in elegant and modulated ...
... written , should not be neglected . No fpecimens of genuine Oratory can be expected from nations , among whom the form of government precludes even the idea of popular eloquence ; but the art of writing , in elegant and modulated ...
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... the affinity of nations , and only weaken arguments , which might otherwife be firmly fupported . That Cu's then , or , as it certainly is written in one one ancient dialect , Cu'r , and in others , 20 THE THIRD DISCOURSE ,
... the affinity of nations , and only weaken arguments , which might otherwife be firmly fupported . That Cu's then , or , as it certainly is written in one one ancient dialect , Cu'r , and in others , 20 THE THIRD DISCOURSE ,
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... written and pro- nounced Calicátà ; that both Cátá and Cút unquestionably mean places of ftrength , or , in general , any inclofures ; and that Gujarat is at least as remote from Jezirah in found , as it is in fituation . Another ...
... written and pro- nounced Calicátà ; that both Cátá and Cút unquestionably mean places of ftrength , or , in general , any inclofures ; and that Gujarat is at least as remote from Jezirah in found , as it is in fituation . Another ...
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