The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1984 - 188 pages |
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... tion , than I could poffibly procure on a na- tion fo difunited and fo unlettered as the Tar- tars : I mean that , which Europeans improperly call Perfia , the name of a single province being applied to the whole Empire of Iràn , as it ...
... tion , than I could poffibly procure on a na- tion fo difunited and fo unlettered as the Tar- tars : I mean that , which Europeans improperly call Perfia , the name of a single province being applied to the whole Empire of Iràn , as it ...
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... tion for the whole human species , and a com- " paffionate tenderness even for the brute crea- " tion . " A fyftem of devotion fo pure and fub- lime could hardly among mortals be of long duration ; and we learn from the Dabiftàn , that ...
... tion for the whole human species , and a com- " paffionate tenderness even for the brute crea- " tion . " A fyftem of devotion fo pure and fub- lime could hardly among mortals be of long duration ; and we learn from the Dabiftàn , that ...
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... tion of my spirit , I was affured , that we were " His , and He ours . 66 " Where are the glad tidings of union with thee , that I may abandon all defire of life ? " I am a bird of holiness , and would fain escape " from the net of this ...
... tion of my spirit , I was affured , that we were " His , and He ours . 66 " Where are the glad tidings of union with thee , that I may abandon all defire of life ? " I am a bird of holiness , and would fain escape " from the net of this ...
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