The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 9J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 |
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Page 12
... of every fociety , for whofe convenience they are calculated . Sir MATTHEW HALE , to whofe learning and diligence the prefent age is no less indebted than his contemporaries were to his wifdom and virtue , 12 THE PREFATORY DISCOURSE .
... of every fociety , for whofe convenience they are calculated . Sir MATTHEW HALE , to whofe learning and diligence the prefent age is no less indebted than his contemporaries were to his wifdom and virtue , 12 THE PREFATORY DISCOURSE .
Page 28
... less accurately drawn , but finished with bolder ftrokes of the pencil , decorated with a greater variety of tints , and enlivened with a ftronger oppofition of light and shade . On the whole , the orator Pytheas might have reproached ...
... less accurately drawn , but finished with bolder ftrokes of the pencil , decorated with a greater variety of tints , and enlivened with a ftronger oppofition of light and shade . On the whole , the orator Pytheas might have reproached ...
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... less perfect fculptor in marble , because he was un- able probably to finish gems with the delicacy of Trypho ; nor , to fpeak of modern artists , will Rafaelle ever be degraded from his high rank among painters , because he might not ...
... less perfect fculptor in marble , because he was un- able probably to finish gems with the delicacy of Trypho ; nor , to fpeak of modern artists , will Rafaelle ever be degraded from his high rank among painters , because he might not ...
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... less entertainment and inftruction than afsistance in compofing this part of my preface ; and the fame may be faid of two loft books by TELE- PHUS , the first , On the laws and cuftoms of the Athenians , and the fecond , On their courts ...
... less entertainment and inftruction than afsistance in compofing this part of my preface ; and the fame may be faid of two loft books by TELE- PHUS , the first , On the laws and cuftoms of the Athenians , and the fecond , On their courts ...
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... less invidious than unneceffary ; but if the most eminent were always to speak without any fubalterns , a young barrifter might be con- demned at Weftminster to a filence of twenty years . If the reader has but opened the following work ...
... less invidious than unneceffary ; but if the most eminent were always to speak without any fubalterns , a young barrifter might be con- demned at Weftminster to a filence of twenty years . If the reader has but opened the following work ...
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