The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 |
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... object which I had in view , in the felection of the letters now prefented to the public ; fome have been inferted , as calcu- lated in my opinion to afford entertainment to the reader . I am very fenfible that many of these letters ...
... object which I had in view , in the felection of the letters now prefented to the public ; fome have been inferted , as calcu- lated in my opinion to afford entertainment to the reader . I am very fenfible that many of these letters ...
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... object of them , that of elucidat- ing the life and opinions of Sir William Jones . With this rule conftantly in my re- collection , I have avoided differtations on the events of the times ; the notice which I have taken of characters ...
... object of them , that of elucidat- ing the life and opinions of Sir William Jones . With this rule conftantly in my re- collection , I have avoided differtations on the events of the times ; the notice which I have taken of characters ...
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... object of his depredation ; but finding in it no literary treafures , which were the fole plunder that he coveted , he content- ed himself with a pair of fciffars , which he frequently exhibited to his friends as a trophy of his ...
... object of his depredation ; but finding in it no literary treafures , which were the fole plunder that he coveted , he content- ed himself with a pair of fciffars , which he frequently exhibited to his friends as a trophy of his ...
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... objects . To his inceffant importuni- ties for information on cafual topics of con- verfation , which the watchfully ftimulated , The conftantly replied , read , and you will know ; a maxim , to the obfervance of which he always ...
... objects . To his inceffant importuni- ties for information on cafual topics of con- verfation , which the watchfully ftimulated , The conftantly replied , read , and you will know ; a maxim , to the obfervance of which he always ...
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... objects of his youthful attention . The " fame difpofition formed the most distin- 66 66 guished features at an early , and at a late period of his life . A decifion of mind , " and a strict attachment to virtue , an en- " thufiaftic ...
... objects of his youthful attention . The " fame difpofition formed the most distin- 66 66 guished features at an early , and at a late period of his life . A decifion of mind , " and a strict attachment to virtue , an en- " thufiaftic ...
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