The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 |
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... exertion of vigorous intellectual powers , fupplied the defects of inadequate instruction , and laid the foundation of his future fame and fortune . From his earliest years , Mr. Jones discovered a propensity to mathematical studies ...
... exertion of vigorous intellectual powers , fupplied the defects of inadequate instruction , and laid the foundation of his future fame and fortune . From his earliest years , Mr. Jones discovered a propensity to mathematical studies ...
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... exertion , by exciting his curiofity , and directing it to ufeful objects . To his inceffant importuni- ties for information on cafual topics of con- verfation , which the watchfully ftimulated , The conftantly replied , read , and you ...
... exertion , by exciting his curiofity , and directing it to ufeful objects . To his inceffant importuni- ties for information on cafual topics of con- verfation , which the watchfully ftimulated , The conftantly replied , read , and you ...
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... afcribed his infuffici- ency to laziness or dulnefs , while the mafter who had raised him to a fituation above his powers , required exertions of which he was Punifh- ; incapable , and corporal punishment and de- gradation 27.
... afcribed his infuffici- ency to laziness or dulnefs , while the mafter who had raised him to a fituation above his powers , required exertions of which he was Punifh- ; incapable , and corporal punishment and de- gradation 27.
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... exertions , if encou- ragement had been substituted for severity , and inftruction for difgrace . The accumu- lation of punishment for his inability to foar , before he had been taught to fly , ( I use his own expreffion ) might have ...
... exertions , if encou- ragement had been substituted for severity , and inftruction for difgrace . The accumu- lation of punishment for his inability to foar , before he had been taught to fly , ( I use his own expreffion ) might have ...
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... exertions was fo rapid , that he foon became the prime favourite of his master , who with an excufable partiality was heard to declare , that Jones knew more Greek than himfelf , and was a greater pro- ficient in the idiom of that ...
... exertions was fo rapid , that he foon became the prime favourite of his master , who with an excufable partiality was heard to declare , that Jones knew more Greek than himfelf , and was a greater pro- ficient in the idiom of that ...
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