The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 |
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... able to com- municate . In the arrangement of thefe materials , it was my wish , as far as poffible , to make Sir William Jones defcribe himself ; and with this view , I have introduced his letters into the body of the Memoirs . They ...
... able to com- municate . In the arrangement of thefe materials , it was my wish , as far as poffible , to make Sir William Jones defcribe himself ; and with this view , I have introduced his letters into the body of the Memoirs . They ...
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... able to the lovers of science . Mr. William Jones was born in the year 1680 , in Anglesey ; his parents were yeomen , or little farmers , on that island ; and he there received the best education which they were able to afford : but the ...
... able to the lovers of science . Mr. William Jones was born in the year 1680 , in Anglesey ; his parents were yeomen , or little farmers , on that island ; and he there received the best education which they were able to afford : but the ...
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... able to you here at London ; and should readily embrace any opportunity to approve and express myself , what I am exceedingly obliged to be , Your most affectionate friend , And faithful servant , WILLIAM JONES . From the SAME to the ...
... able to you here at London ; and should readily embrace any opportunity to approve and express myself , what I am exceedingly obliged to be , Your most affectionate friend , And faithful servant , WILLIAM JONES . From the SAME to the ...
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... able to re- quite . This edition is indeed exceedingly beautiful , and interspersed with great variety of admirable discoveries so very natural to its great author ; but it is more so from the additional advantage of your excellent ...
... able to re- quite . This edition is indeed exceedingly beautiful , and interspersed with great variety of admirable discoveries so very natural to its great author ; but it is more so from the additional advantage of your excellent ...
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... able to read , diftinctly and rapidly , any English book . She particularly attended at the fame time to the cultivation of his memory , by making him learn and repeat fome of the popular speeches in Shakespeare , and the best of Gay's ...
... able to read , diftinctly and rapidly , any English book . She particularly attended at the fame time to the cultivation of his memory , by making him learn and repeat fome of the popular speeches in Shakespeare , and the best of Gay's ...
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