The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 |
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Page viii
... have endeavoured , as far as my mate- rials permitted , to trace the life of Sir Wil- liam Jones , year by year . This For the first twenty - two years of it , my authorities are ample and fatisfactory ; they confift principally of viii.
... have endeavoured , as far as my mate- rials permitted , to trace the life of Sir Wil- liam Jones , year by year . This For the first twenty - two years of it , my authorities are ample and fatisfactory ; they confift principally of viii.
Page xiv
... first appeared in a note annexed by Sir William Jones , to an Effay on Egypt and the Nile , in the 3d vol . of the Afiatic Researches , by Lieutenant ( now Captain ) Wilford , and relates to Noah ( under the designation of Satyavrata ) ...
... first appeared in a note annexed by Sir William Jones , to an Effay on Egypt and the Nile , in the 3d vol . of the Afiatic Researches , by Lieutenant ( now Captain ) Wilford , and relates to Noah ( under the designation of Satyavrata ) ...
Page xvi
... first step was to inform his friends of it , either verbally , or by letters , that he might secure at least the credit of the first disclosure . " The forgeries of the pandit , ( Captain Wilford ob- " serves , ) were of three kinds ...
... first step was to inform his friends of it , either verbally , or by letters , that he might secure at least the credit of the first disclosure . " The forgeries of the pandit , ( Captain Wilford ob- " serves , ) were of three kinds ...
Page xvii
... first is a " legend of the greatest importance , and is said to be " extracted from the Padma . It contains the history " of Noah and his three sons , and is written in a mas- " terly style . But unfortunately there is not a word " of ...
... first is a " legend of the greatest importance , and is said to be " extracted from the Padma . It contains the history " of Noah and his three sons , and is written in a mas- " terly style . But unfortunately there is not a word " of ...
Page 9
... first fon , George , died in his infancy ; and the second child , a daughter , Mary , who was born in 1736 , married Mr. Rainsford , a merchant retired from bufinefs in opulent circumftances . This lady perish- ed miferably , during the ...
... first fon , George , died in his infancy ; and the second child , a daughter , Mary , who was born in 1736 , married Mr. Rainsford , a merchant retired from bufinefs in opulent circumftances . This lady perish- ed miferably , during the ...
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