The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 |
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... studies . What ! fhall we deny that there is pleasure in ma- thematics , when we recollect Archimedes , the prince of geometricians , who was fo intenfely absorbed in the demonstration of a problem , that he did not discover Syracuse ...
... studies . What ! fhall we deny that there is pleasure in ma- thematics , when we recollect Archimedes , the prince of geometricians , who was fo intenfely absorbed in the demonstration of a problem , that he did not discover Syracuse ...
Page 219
... studies , ) than be like Varro , however learned , or Lucretius , however ingenious as a poet ? If the ftudy of the law were really un- pleafant and difgufting , which is far from the truth , the example of the wifeft of the an- cients ...
... studies , ) than be like Varro , however learned , or Lucretius , however ingenious as a poet ? If the ftudy of the law were really un- pleafant and difgufting , which is far from the truth , the example of the wifeft of the an- cients ...
Page 243
... the bar or in parliament . State affairs . Historical studies continued . -Law and eloquence . Public life . Private and social virtues . - - Habits of eloquence improved . Philosophy resumed at leisure . R 2 Orations 243.
... the bar or in parliament . State affairs . Historical studies continued . -Law and eloquence . Public life . Private and social virtues . - - Habits of eloquence improved . Philosophy resumed at leisure . R 2 Orations 243.
Page 245
... studies were not confined to any one branch of jurisprudence , but embraced the whole in its fullest extent . He compared the doctrines and principles of ancient legiflators with the later improvements in the science of law ; he ...
... studies were not confined to any one branch of jurisprudence , but embraced the whole in its fullest extent . He compared the doctrines and principles of ancient legiflators with the later improvements in the science of law ; he ...
Page 352
... studies , and his anxiety to acquire a know- ledge of the general principles and practice of law , than a work which he undertook about this period , the tranflation of an Ara- bian poem on the Mohammedan law of fuc- ceffion to the ...
... studies , and his anxiety to acquire a know- ledge of the general principles and practice of law , than a work which he undertook about this period , the tranflation of an Ara- bian poem on the Mohammedan law of fuc- ceffion to the ...
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