The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 |
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... ca- lennig of the fame kind as that above men- tioned ; which I defire you will accept of . t I have reason to know , it is founded on good authority ; for both my father and mo- ther were related to your mother , and came from B 2 8.
... ca- lennig of the fame kind as that above men- tioned ; which I defire you will accept of . t I have reason to know , it is founded on good authority ; for both my father and mo- ther were related to your mother , and came from B 2 8.
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... reason I am fo well ac- quainted with your mother's descent ; and on the fame account , till further enquiry , an utter stranger to your father's family . As you were young when you left the country , it cannot be fuppofed that you ...
... reason I am fo well ac- quainted with your mother's descent ; and on the fame account , till further enquiry , an utter stranger to your father's family . As you were young when you left the country , it cannot be fuppofed that you ...
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... reason I thought it might be of use to you , so far as to see what has been done already . I shewed this to Sir Isaac : he remembers that he applied it to all sorts of tables . I have more papers of Mr. Mercator's , and others , upon ...
... reason I thought it might be of use to you , so far as to see what has been done already . I shewed this to Sir Isaac : he remembers that he applied it to all sorts of tables . I have more papers of Mr. Mercator's , and others , upon ...
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... reason philofophically , I cannot help thinking any grief upon a per- son's death very fuperfluous , and inconsistent with fenfe ; for what is the caufe of our for- row ? Is it because we hate the perfon deceased ? that were to imply ...
... reason philofophically , I cannot help thinking any grief upon a per- son's death very fuperfluous , and inconsistent with fenfe ; for what is the caufe of our for- row ? Is it because we hate the perfon deceased ? that were to imply ...
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... reason for our faith , than the Mohammedans have for theirs . The observation readily fuggefted to his recollection a famous couplet in Zayre , which he did not hesitate to apply to himself : J'eusse été près du Gange , esclave des faux ...
... reason for our faith , than the Mohammedans have for theirs . The observation readily fuggefted to his recollection a famous couplet in Zayre , which he did not hesitate to apply to himself : J'eusse été près du Gange , esclave des faux ...
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