The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 |
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... present , only Mr. Demoire's Treatise on Chances , which makes a whole transaction . He is very fond of it , and we may expect it well done . Mr. Raphson has printed off four or five sheets of his history of Fluxions , but being shewed ...
... present , only Mr. Demoire's Treatise on Chances , which makes a whole transaction . He is very fond of it , and we may expect it well done . Mr. Raphson has printed off four or five sheets of his history of Fluxions , but being shewed ...
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... present of the Principia , and am much concerned to find myself so deeply charged with obligations to you , and such I fear as all my future endeavours will never be able to re- quite . This edition is indeed exceedingly beautiful , and ...
... present of the Principia , and am much concerned to find myself so deeply charged with obligations to you , and such I fear as all my future endeavours will never be able to re- quite . This edition is indeed exceedingly beautiful , and ...
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... present . I am now very much taken up with study ; am to speak Antony's speech in Shakespeare's Julius Cæfar ( which play I will read to you when I come to town ) , and am this week to make a de- clamation . I add no more than the ...
... present . I am now very much taken up with study ; am to speak Antony's speech in Shakespeare's Julius Cæfar ( which play I will read to you when I come to town ) , and am this week to make a de- clamation . I add no more than the ...
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... present to Oxford , where he remained for a few months , and in the fummer of 1765 , went for the first time , as had been proposed , to Wimbledon Park , to take upon himself the charge of his pupil's education . He was now placed in a ...
... present to Oxford , where he remained for a few months , and in the fummer of 1765 , went for the first time , as had been proposed , to Wimbledon Park , to take upon himself the charge of his pupil's education . He was now placed in a ...
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... presents to his cour- tiers . Such were the circumftances which in- duced him , ( as he modeftly obferved , ) against his inclinations , to defcribe the life of a con- queror ; and to appear in public as an author , before a maturity of ...
... presents to his cour- tiers . Such were the circumftances which in- duced him , ( as he modeftly obferved , ) against his inclinations , to defcribe the life of a con- queror ; and to appear in public as an author , before a maturity of ...
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