The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 |
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... hear , that your own book is in such forwardness . You are much in the right of it to print your lectures and other papers , in a book by itself : it is better than to have them lie up and down among other things . What I formerly ...
... hear , that your own book is in such forwardness . You are much in the right of it to print your lectures and other papers , in a book by itself : it is better than to have them lie up and down among other things . What I formerly ...
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... hear that you have received my old manuscript , it being a favourite purely on account of some extravagancies in it ; but I shall think it safe in your hands . I am , Sir , You affectionate friend , and humble servant , WILLIAM JONES ...
... hear that you have received my old manuscript , it being a favourite purely on account of some extravagancies in it ; but I shall think it safe in your hands . I am , Sir , You affectionate friend , and humble servant , WILLIAM JONES ...
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... hear the death of your friend Mr. Reynolds , which I consider as a piece of affliction common to us both . For although my knowledge of his name or cha- racter is of no long date , and though I never had any personal acquaintance with ...
... hear the death of your friend Mr. Reynolds , which I consider as a piece of affliction common to us both . For although my knowledge of his name or cha- racter is of no long date , and though I never had any personal acquaintance with ...
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... hear the death of a perfon of merit , I cannot help reflecting , how happy he must be who now takes the reward of his excellencies , without the poffibility of falling away from them and lofing the virtue which he profeffed , on whose ...
... hear the death of a perfon of merit , I cannot help reflecting , how happy he must be who now takes the reward of his excellencies , without the poffibility of falling away from them and lofing the virtue which he profeffed , on whose ...
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... hear- ing commendation which another enjoys . It is not eafy in this life for any man to escape cenfure ; and infamy requires very little labour to affift its circulation . But there is a kind of fanction in the characters of the dead ...
... hear- ing commendation which another enjoys . It is not eafy in this life for any man to escape cenfure ; and infamy requires very little labour to affift its circulation . But there is a kind of fanction in the characters of the dead ...
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