The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1984 - 188 pages |
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... should each have been born in a foreign and hoftile territory ; fhould each have been doomed to death in his infancy by his maternal grandfather in confequence of portentous dreams , real or invented ; fhould each have been faved by the ...
... should each have been born in a foreign and hoftile territory ; fhould each have been doomed to death in his infancy by his maternal grandfather in confequence of portentous dreams , real or invented ; fhould each have been faved by the ...
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... should find on the very ancient ruins of the temple or palace , now called the throne of JEM- SHID , fome inscriptions in Dévanágarì , or at least in the characters on the ftones at Elephanta , where the sculpture is unquestionably ...
... should find on the very ancient ruins of the temple or palace , now called the throne of JEM- SHID , fome inscriptions in Dévanágarì , or at least in the characters on the ftones at Elephanta , where the sculpture is unquestionably ...
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... should pass forty fucceffive nights in Pirifebz without fleep , would infallibly be come an excellent poet : young HAFIZ had accordingly made a vow , that he would serve that apprenticeship with the utmoft exactness , and for thirty ...
... should pass forty fucceffive nights in Pirifebz without fleep , would infallibly be come an excellent poet : young HAFIZ had accordingly made a vow , that he would serve that apprenticeship with the utmoft exactness , and for thirty ...
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