The Works of Sir William Jones: With the Life of the Author by Lord Teignmouth. In Thirteen Volumes, Volume 3John Stockdale, Piccadilly; and John Walker, Paternoster-Row, 1807 |
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... the esteem , veneration , and regret of all . I cannot , I flatter myself , offer a more grate- ful tribute to the Society , than by making his character the fubject of my first address to you ; B 2 [ iv ] and if in the delineation of it.
... the esteem , veneration , and regret of all . I cannot , I flatter myself , offer a more grate- ful tribute to the Society , than by making his character the fubject of my first address to you ; B 2 [ iv ] and if in the delineation of it.
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... myself the gratification of quoting the fen- timents of a celebrated hiftorian : " Sir William Jones has given an ingenious and rational " effay on the law of Bailments . He is per- " haps the only lawyer equally converfant with " the ...
... myself the gratification of quoting the fen- timents of a celebrated hiftorian : " Sir William Jones has given an ingenious and rational " effay on the law of Bailments . He is per- " haps the only lawyer equally converfant with " the ...
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... myself in the midst of so noble an amphitheatre , almost encircled by the vast regions of Afia , which has ever been efteemed the nurse of sciences , the in- ventress of delightful and useful arts , the scene of glorious actions ...
... myself in the midst of so noble an amphitheatre , almost encircled by the vast regions of Afia , which has ever been efteemed the nurse of sciences , the in- ventress of delightful and useful arts , the scene of glorious actions ...
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... myself you do , to these opinions , you will also concur in promoting the object of them ; and a few ideas having presented themselves to my mind , I pre- fume to lay them before you , with an entite fubmiffion to your judgement . No ...
... myself you do , to these opinions , you will also concur in promoting the object of them ; and a few ideas having presented themselves to my mind , I pre- fume to lay them before you , with an entite fubmiffion to your judgement . No ...
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... myself purposely to general topicks ; giving in the first a diftant profpect of the vast career , on which we were entering , and , in the second , ex- hibiting a more diffuse , but still superficial , fketch of the various difcoveries ...
... myself purposely to general topicks ; giving in the first a diftant profpect of the vast career , on which we were entering , and , in the second , ex- hibiting a more diffuse , but still superficial , fketch of the various difcoveries ...
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