| Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1805 - 582 pages
...Jones, states the following as his literary resolution for his subsequent life. ' Anno, Oct. 23. Rcaohed to learn no more rudiments of any kind, but to perfect myself in, First, 1 2 languages, as the meant of acquiring an accurate knowledge of the Zord Teigmnouttfs Life, &c. of... | |
| John Shore Baron Teignmouth - India - 1806 - 566 pages
...Anno jEtat: 33. Resolved to learn no more rudiments of any kind, but to perfect myself in, First, 12 languages, as the means of acquiring accurate knowledge...the I. HISTORY of 1. Man. 2. Nature. II. ARTS. 1. Rhetorick. S. Poetry. 3. Painting. 4. Music. III. SCIENCES. 1. Law. 2. Mathematics. 3. Dialectic. NB... | |
| John Shore Baron Teignmouth - Lawyers - 1806 - 510 pages
...it only two letters, which cannot fail to please, although they may not be particularly interesting. Resolved to learn no more rudiments of any kind, but to perfect myself in, First, 12 languages, as the means of acquiring accurate knowledge of the I. HISTORY i of 1. Man. 2. Nature.... | |
| Sir William Jones - 1807 - 470 pages
...it only two letters, which cannot fail to pleafe, although they may not be particularly interefting. Resolved to learn no more rudiments of any kind, but to perfect myself in, First, 1 2 languages, as the means of acquiring accurate knowledge of the I. HISTORY of 1 . Man. 2. Nature.... | |
| John Shore Baron Teignmouth - Asianists - 1807 - 668 pages
...* I transcribe the following memorandum from the band-writing of Mr. Jones: Anno jEtat. 33. Retdced to learn no more rudiments of any kind, but to perfect myself in, First, 12 languages, as the means of acquiring accurate knowledge •fthe I. HISTORY of 1. Man. ?. Nature.... | |
| William Jones - 1807 - 452 pages
...two letters, which cannot fail to pleafe, although they may not be particularly interefting, Jtesohed to learn no more rudiments of any kind, but to perfect myself in, First, 12 languages, as the means of acquiring accurate knowledge of the I. HISTORY of 1 . Man. 2. Nature.... | |
| British prose literature - 1821 - 360 pages
...by Mr. Jones, respecting his future studies and pursuits. Anno jEtat. 33. Resolved to learn no mere rudiments of any kind, but to perfect myself in. First,...acquiring accurate knowledge of the I.— HISTORY. of I. Man. , C. Nature. II — ARTS. I . Rhetoric, 1. Poetry. 3. Painting. 4. Music. III.— SCIENCES.... | |
| Youth's instructor - 1830 - 542 pages
...period of his life, and of the resolute industry with which he pursued his studies, may be formed from the following memorandum : — " Resolved to learn...languages, as the means of acquiring accurate knowledge of I. History. 1. Man. 2. Nature. II. Arts. 1. Rhetoric. 2. Poetry. 3. Painting. 4. Music. III. Sciences.... | |
| Christopher Anderson - Domestic relations - 1826 - 582 pages
...handwriting, will explain the purposes to which he intended to apply his learning ; " Anno yKtut. 33. Resolved to learn no more rudiments of any kind, but to perfect myself in first 12 languages, as the means of acquiring accurate knowledge of, I. The HISTORY, 1. of Man ; 2. Nature.... | |
| Christopher Anderson - Domestic relations - 1826 - 484 pages
...handwriting, will explain the purposes to which he intended to apply his learning ; " Anno jEtat. 33. Resolved to learn no more rudiments of any kind, but to perfect myself in first 12 languages, as the means of acquiring accurate knowledge of, I. The HISTORY, 1. of Man ; 2. Nature.... | |
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