The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 |
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Page 24
... attention was forcibly arrested by the sublime descrip- tion of the angel in the tenth chapter of the Apocalypfe , and the impreffion which his imagination received from it was never ef- faced . At a period of mature judgment , he ...
... attention was forcibly arrested by the sublime descrip- tion of the angel in the tenth chapter of the Apocalypfe , and the impreffion which his imagination received from it was never ef- faced . At a period of mature judgment , he ...
Page 25
... attention , he made little progress in it ; nor was he encouraged to perseverance by his mother , who , intending him for a pub- lic education , was unwilling to perplex his mind with the ftudy of a dead language , be- fore he had ...
... attention , he made little progress in it ; nor was he encouraged to perseverance by his mother , who , intending him for a pub- lic education , was unwilling to perplex his mind with the ftudy of a dead language , be- fore he had ...
Page 26
... attention was almoft equally divided between his books and a lit- tle garden , the cultivation and embellishment of which occupied all his leisure hours . His faculties however neceffarily gained ftrength by exercife ; and during his ...
... attention was almoft equally divided between his books and a lit- tle garden , the cultivation and embellishment of which occupied all his leisure hours . His faculties however neceffarily gained ftrength by exercife ; and during his ...
Page 29
... - ftruction by general rules , muft often pre- clude that attention to the tempers and сара- cities of individuals , by which their attain- ments might be effentially promoted . His In his twelth year , Jones was moved into 29.
... - ftruction by general rules , muft often pre- clude that attention to the tempers and сара- cities of individuals , by which their attain- ments might be effentially promoted . His In his twelth year , Jones was moved into 29.
Page 45
... curiofity to explore un- ufual tracks of learning , that , at this early age , he had perused the Abridgement of Coke's Inftitutes , by Ireland , with fo much . His attention , that he frequently amufed the legal friends 45.
... curiofity to explore un- ufual tracks of learning , that , at this early age , he had perused the Abridgement of Coke's Inftitutes , by Ireland , with fo much . His attention , that he frequently amufed the legal friends 45.
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