The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 |
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Page xi
... I have been compelled to exercife my own judg- ment , and I defire the reader to notice this remark , left any inaccuracy of mine should be imputed to a man , who was equally qua- lified to guide the taste of the elegant , and xi.
... I have been compelled to exercife my own judg- ment , and I defire the reader to notice this remark , left any inaccuracy of mine should be imputed to a man , who was equally qua- lified to guide the taste of the elegant , and xi.
Page xii
... remark with him to the perufal of his correfpondence throughout , and particularly of the letters written by him . in Bengal , which frequently relate to Indian literature , as well as to fubjects and occupa- tions peculiar to that ...
... remark with him to the perufal of his correfpondence throughout , and particularly of the letters written by him . in Bengal , which frequently relate to Indian literature , as well as to fubjects and occupa- tions peculiar to that ...
Page xvii
... remarks . " A few instances of the impositions of my pandit , " will exemplify his mode of proceeding . The first is a " legend of the greatest importance , and is said to be " extracted from the Padma . It contains the history " of ...
... remarks . " A few instances of the impositions of my pandit , " will exemplify his mode of proceeding . The first is a " legend of the greatest importance , and is said to be " extracted from the Padma . It contains the history " of ...
Page xviii
... remarked , that the characters of very eminent men cannot be clofely examined without a confiderable di- minution of the refpect , which their general fame has excited . From whatever fource this remark may have proceeded , or xviii.
... remarked , that the characters of very eminent men cannot be clofely examined without a confiderable di- minution of the refpect , which their general fame has excited . From whatever fource this remark may have proceeded , or xviii.
Page xix
William Jones. From whatever fource this remark may have proceeded , or to whatever degree of truth it may be entitled , I cannot but ex- press a folicitude , that it may derive no con- firmation from the work now presented to the public ...
William Jones. From whatever fource this remark may have proceeded , or to whatever degree of truth it may be entitled , I cannot but ex- press a folicitude , that it may derive no con- firmation from the work now presented to the public ...
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affiftance againſt alſo amuſements ancient anſwer Appendix Arabic attention becauſe beſt compofitions conftitution copy correfpondence DEAR SIR defire delight diſcovered elegant Engliſh eſteem exprefs fame fatisfaction favour fend fent fhall fhould fincerely finiſhed firſt fituation fociety fome foon friendſhip ftudies fubject fuccefs fuch fummer greateſt Hafez Harrow himſelf hiſtory honour increaſed inftruction intereft juſt kindneſs labour laft language laſt Latin learned leaſt lefs leiſure letter literature Lord Lord ALTHORP Lord Macclesfield manuſcript ment moft moſt muſt myſelf Nadir Shah obfervations obliged occafion Oriental Oxford paffage paffed Perfian perfon perufal peruſe pleaſed pleaſure poems poetry poets poffefs preferved preſent profeffional promiſe propoſed publiſhed purſue purſuits reafon received refidence requeſt reſpect REVICZKI ſay ſcholar ſchool ſee ſeveral ſhall Sir William Jones ſome ſpeak ſtudy ſtyle taſk theſe thofe thoſe tion tranflation Treatiſe Univerſity unleſs uſe verſe whofe whoſe wiſh write yourſelf