The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 |
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... opinions of Sir William Jones , was the prin- cipal 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 ...
... opinions of Sir William Jones , was the prin- cipal 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 ...
Page xiii
... 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 incidentally mentioned , is brief and explanatory ...
... 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 incidentally mentioned , is brief and explanatory ...
Page 35
... a notion which he had adopted , that praise only tended to make them vain or idle . But the opinion which he gave of Jones in private was , that he was a boy of fo active a mind , that if he were left naked and friend- D 2 35.
... a notion which he had adopted , that praise only tended to make them vain or idle . But the opinion which he gave of Jones in private was , that he was a boy of fo active a mind , that if he were left naked and friend- D 2 35.
Page 42
... language . I come now , after a long interval , to men- tion some more private circumftances . Pray give my duty to my Mamma , and thank her for my shirts . They fit , in my opinion , very well ; though Biddy fays they are too little in 42.
... language . I come now , after a long interval , to men- tion some more private circumftances . Pray give my duty to my Mamma , and thank her for my shirts . They fit , in my opinion , very well ; though Biddy fays they are too little in 42.
Page 85
... opinions of other commen- tators , and without questioning the purity of their intentions . It may not be amifs to ... opinion in fa- vour of a literal interpretation as the most probable . In an essay on the mystical poetry of the ...
... opinions of other commen- tators , and without questioning the purity of their intentions . It may not be amifs to ... opinion in fa- vour of a literal interpretation as the most probable . In an essay on the mystical poetry of the ...
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