The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1984 - 188 pages |
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Page 53
... most folemn occafions , and in the most elegant works ; while the Arabick , on the other hand , and all its fifter dialects , abhor the compofition of words , and invariably exprefs very complex ideas by circumlocution ; fo that , if a ...
... most folemn occafions , and in the most elegant works ; while the Arabick , on the other hand , and all its fifter dialects , abhor the compofition of words , and invariably exprefs very complex ideas by circumlocution ; fo that , if a ...
Page 110
... most delightful , the most com- pact , the most defirable country of them all , should have remained for fo many ages unfettled and difunited . A fortunate discovery , for which I was firft indebted to Mir MUHAMMED HU- SAIN , one of the ...
... most delightful , the most com- pact , the most defirable country of them all , should have remained for fo many ages unfettled and difunited . A fortunate discovery , for which I was firft indebted to Mir MUHAMMED HU- SAIN , one of the ...
Page 89
... most awful ideas ; while they confider our doctrine as perfect blafphemy , and infift , that our copies of the Scriptures have been corrupted both by Jews and Chriftians . It will be inexpreffibly difficult to undeceive them , and ...
... most awful ideas ; while they confider our doctrine as perfect blafphemy , and infift , that our copies of the Scriptures have been corrupted both by Jews and Chriftians . It will be inexpreffibly difficult to undeceive them , and ...
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