The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 9J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 |
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... never proportion my thanks , yet Your Lordship has been my greateft , my only , Benefactor ; that , without any folicitation , or even requeft on my part , You gave me a substantial and permanent token of regard , which You rendered ...
... never proportion my thanks , yet Your Lordship has been my greateft , my only , Benefactor ; that , without any folicitation , or even requeft on my part , You gave me a substantial and permanent token of regard , which You rendered ...
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... never better secured , nor the honour of our na- tion better fupported . Of ufeful , as well as or- namental , knowledge , both in literature and sci- ence , he had confiderably a greater portion than is ufually poffeffed by men of the ...
... never better secured , nor the honour of our na- tion better fupported . Of ufeful , as well as or- namental , knowledge , both in literature and sci- ence , he had confiderably a greater portion than is ufually poffeffed by men of the ...
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... never have been fo capriciously di- verfified , if they had been founded on pure rea- fon , inftead of being left to the discretion of every fociety , for whofe convenience they are calculated . Sir MATTHEW HALE , to whofe learning and ...
... never have been fo capriciously di- verfified , if they had been founded on pure rea- fon , inftead of being left to the discretion of every fociety , for whofe convenience they are calculated . Sir MATTHEW HALE , to whofe learning and ...
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... never interfered , exhibit fo noble a fpecimen of true eloquence , that the palm has been by uni- verfal confent given to him as the first orator of . Greece ; yet his private speeches are not superior in force or beauty to thofe of his ...
... never interfered , exhibit fo noble a fpecimen of true eloquence , that the palm has been by uni- verfal confent given to him as the first orator of . Greece ; yet his private speeches are not superior in force or beauty to thofe of his ...
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... having given inftructions to Demofthenes : this is not only contradictory , but the fact itself is fo far from being true , that , if his pupil had never been born , his reputation would probably have been 20 THE PREFATORY DISCOURSE .
... having given inftructions to Demofthenes : this is not only contradictory , but the fact itself is fo far from being true , that , if his pupil had never been born , his reputation would probably have been 20 THE PREFATORY DISCOURSE .
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