The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 |
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Page 13
... Jones . Letter from Mr. JONES to Mr. COTES . SIR ; London , September 17th , 1711 . The paper concerning Sir Isaac Newton's method of interpolation , which you have been pleased to refpects , was eminently qualified for the task . Her 13.
... Jones . Letter from Mr. JONES to Mr. COTES . SIR ; London , September 17th , 1711 . The paper concerning Sir Isaac Newton's method of interpolation , which you have been pleased to refpects , was eminently qualified for the task . Her 13.
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... pleased to find that Sir Isaac's book is so near being finished ; and it is not less agreeable to me to 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 ...
... pleased to find that Sir Isaac's book is so near being finished ; and it is not less agreeable to me to 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 ...
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... pleased to see the end of the Principia , and re- turn you many thanks for the instructive index , that you have taken the pains to add , and hope it will not be long before we shall see the beginning of that noble book . I shall be in ...
... pleased to see the end of the Principia , and re- turn you many thanks for the instructive index , that you have taken the pains to add , and hope it will not be long before we shall see the beginning of that noble book . I shall be in ...
Page 41
... pleased , and by 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 ...
... pleased , and by 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 ...
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... pleased " with his lamentations over Laura , that I " felected the most beautiful paffages , and " threw them altogether in the form of an 66 Elegy * , which I send you enclosed , but " beg you will return it as foon as you can , as I ...
... pleased " with his lamentations over Laura , that I " felected the most beautiful paffages , and " threw them altogether in the form of an 66 Elegy * , which I send you enclosed , but " beg you will return it as foon as you can , as I ...
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