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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... themselves to my mind , I pre- fume to lay them before you , with an entite fubmiffion to your judgement . No contributions , except thofe of the literary kind , will be requifite for the fupport of the fo- ciety ; but , if each of us ...
... themselves to my mind , I pre- fume to lay them before you , with an entite fubmiffion to your judgement . No contributions , except thofe of the literary kind , will be requifite for the fupport of the fo- ciety ; but , if each of us ...
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... themselves to favour . With a view to avail ourselves of this difpofition , and to bring their latent fcience under our inspection , it might be advisable to print and circulate a fhort memorial , in Perfian and Hindi , fetting forth ...
... themselves to favour . With a view to avail ourselves of this difpofition , and to bring their latent fcience under our inspection , it might be advisable to print and circulate a fhort memorial , in Perfian and Hindi , fetting forth ...
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... themselves , as a kind of inheritance , the vast continent of Asia , with the many islands depending on it , are the In- dians , the Chinefe , the Tartars , the Arabs , and VOL . I. E the Perfians : who they feverally were , whence , ON ...
... themselves , as a kind of inheritance , the vast continent of Asia , with the many islands depending on it , are the In- dians , the Chinefe , the Tartars , the Arabs , and VOL . I. E the Perfians : who they feverally were , whence , ON ...
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... themselves believe their own country , to which they give the vain epithets of Medbyama or Central , and Punyabbúmi , or the Land of Virtues , to have been the portion of BHARAT , one of nine brothers , whofe father had the dominion of ...
... themselves believe their own country , to which they give the vain epithets of Medbyama or Central , and Punyabbúmi , or the Land of Virtues , to have been the portion of BHARAT , one of nine brothers , whofe father had the dominion of ...
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... , fays he , presented themselves to mine eyes , clothed in linen gar- " ments fomewhat low descending , of a gefture " and garb , as I may fay , maidenly and well ( 6 nigh effeminate , of a countenance shy and 30 THE THIRD DISCOURSE ,
... , fays he , presented themselves to mine eyes , clothed in linen gar- " ments fomewhat low descending , of a gefture " and garb , as I may fay , maidenly and well ( 6 nigh effeminate , of a countenance shy and 30 THE THIRD DISCOURSE ,
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