The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 9J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 |
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... talents inferiour to his benevolence ; for , during his embaffy at CON- STANTINOPLE , where he gained a perfect acquaintance with the manners of the extraor- dinary people among whom he refided , his address and activity were fo ...
... talents inferiour to his benevolence ; for , during his embaffy at CON- STANTINOPLE , where he gained a perfect acquaintance with the manners of the extraor- dinary people among whom he refided , his address and activity were fo ...
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... talents to the narrow limits of the bar and the compofition of forenfick arguments ; which , however interefting to lawyers , cannot be fuppofed to attract the notice of fcholars in general so much as the pompous and folemn orations on ...
... talents to the narrow limits of the bar and the compofition of forenfick arguments ; which , however interefting to lawyers , cannot be fuppofed to attract the notice of fcholars in general so much as the pompous and folemn orations on ...
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... talents to the fenatorial species of eloquence , may not at- tain perfection in the forensick , and fo con- versely , I am at a lofs to comprehend . Menan- der , you fay , would not have defired to be like Homer ; certainly not in his ...
... talents to the fenatorial species of eloquence , may not at- tain perfection in the forensick , and fo con- versely , I am at a lofs to comprehend . Menan- der , you fay , would not have defired to be like Homer ; certainly not in his ...
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... talents to the cultivation of the reft ; for the decifion of which point , I appeal to fuch my readers as have heard ten speeches at our English bar , and as many in either house of of parliament . They will forgive me for having ...
... talents to the cultivation of the reft ; for the decifion of which point , I appeal to fuch my readers as have heard ten speeches at our English bar , and as many in either house of of parliament . They will forgive me for having ...
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... talents ; for our leaders often make the ableft and moft fpirited replies with- out a poffibility of premeditation ; and wonder- ful , indeed , must be the parts and eloquence of thofe , whose unprepared effufions equal or fur- pass the ...
... talents ; for our leaders often make the ableft and moft fpirited replies with- out a poffibility of premeditation ; and wonder- ful , indeed , must be the parts and eloquence of thofe , whose unprepared effufions equal or fur- pass the ...
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