The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 9J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 |
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... above those of all other ftates ; or , if his juft profpects in life give him hopes of becoming a legiflator , he may collect many useful hints , for the improvement even of that fabrick which his ancestors The Prefatory Discourse.
... above those of all other ftates ; or , if his juft profpects in life give him hopes of becoming a legiflator , he may collect many useful hints , for the improvement even of that fabrick which his ancestors The Prefatory Discourse.
Page 14
... give abundant fatisfaction upon that head , I here prefent to the student of our English laws in his native language , not doubting but that they will yield him the fame entertainment which they have afforded me : fince , however , he ...
... give abundant fatisfaction upon that head , I here prefent to the student of our English laws in his native language , not doubting but that they will yield him the fame entertainment which they have afforded me : fince , however , he ...
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... give in a tranflation fome general idea of an au- thor's peculiar manner , and the cast of his com- position ; but it would be no easy talk to find words and fentences exactly correfpondent with the Greek , and to pronounce that , if ...
... give in a tranflation fome general idea of an au- thor's peculiar manner , and the cast of his com- position ; but it would be no easy talk to find words and fentences exactly correfpondent with the Greek , and to pronounce that , if ...
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... give it a foul . Whether the remain- ing works of my author will justify the criticism of Dionyfius and Hermogenes , or whether my interpretation of them may not have weakened their original force , must be left to the impartial ...
... give it a foul . Whether the remain- ing works of my author will justify the criticism of Dionyfius and Hermogenes , or whether my interpretation of them may not have weakened their original force , must be left to the impartial ...
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... give me the only praise , which I defire , that of having taken no small pains to inform and entertain my countrymen ; to whom , if opportunity alone had not been wanting , I would long ago have made many greater facrifices - But of ...
... give me the only praise , which I defire , that of having taken no small pains to inform and entertain my countrymen ; to whom , if opportunity alone had not been wanting , I would long ago have made many greater facrifices - But of ...
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