The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 |
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... elegance which I do not pretend to trans- fuse into my version of them . Some few fentences of the original letters have been purposely omitted in the translation , and many paffages of the originals themselves have been ... elegant , and xi.
... elegance which I do not pretend to trans- fuse into my version of them . Some few fentences of the original letters have been purposely omitted in the translation , and many paffages of the originals themselves have been ... elegant , and xi.
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William Jones. lified to guide the taste of the elegant , and correct the errors of the learned . To elucidate the life , occupations , and opinions of Sir William Jones , was the prin- cipal object which I had in view , in the felection ...
William Jones. lified to guide the taste of the elegant , and correct the errors of the learned . To elucidate the life , occupations , and opinions of Sir William Jones , was the prin- cipal object which I had in view , in the felection ...
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... elegant monument executed by Flaxman , at the expense of Lady Jones , and placed in the anti - chamber to the Chapel of University College , Oxford , is annexed to the Preface . It has frequently been remarked , that the characters of ...
... elegant monument executed by Flaxman , at the expense of Lady Jones , and placed in the anti - chamber to the Chapel of University College , Oxford , is annexed to the Preface . It has frequently been remarked , that the characters of ...
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... elegant edition of small tracts on the higher mathematics , in a mode which ob- tained the approbation , ' and increased the efteem , of the author for him . After the retirement of Lord Macclesfield to Sherborne Castle , 7 Au Firmament.
... elegant edition of small tracts on the higher mathematics , in a mode which ob- tained the approbation , ' and increased the efteem , of the author for him . After the retirement of Lord Macclesfield to Sherborne Castle , 7 Au Firmament.
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... elegance of that writer , and was frequently heard to repeat with particular fatisfaction the rule in the Andria : Facile omnes perferre et pati , Nunquam præponens se aliis . Such was the extent of his attainments , and fuch his ...
... elegance of that writer , and was frequently heard to repeat with particular fatisfaction the rule in the Andria : Facile omnes perferre et pati , Nunquam præponens se aliis . Such was the extent of his attainments , and fuch his ...
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