 SHAH was publifhed in the fummer of the year feventeen hundred and feventy *, at the expence of the tranflator ; and forty copies upon large paper were fent to Copenhagen, one of them, bound with uncommon elegance, for the King himfelf, and the others...  The Works of Sir William Jones - Page 312by William Jones - 1807Full view - About this book
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1801 - 436 pages
...Hiftory of Nadir Shah was published in the fummer of the year 1770, at the expence of the tranflator j and forty copies upon large paper were fent to Copenhagen...of them bound with uncommon elegance for the king • fttfaa fehimfelf, and the others as prefente to his courtiers*. »it tti/lory What marks of diftinttion... | |
 | 1804 - 614 pages
...however, publillied until 1770. Forty copies, upou large paper were fent to Coipenhagcn ; one of them was bound with uncommon elegance, for the King himfelf, and the others as prefeiits lo his courtiers." Such «ere the circumfiances which induced Sir William Jones to undertake... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1805 - 582 pages
...The translation was not, however, published until 1 770. Forty copies upon large paper •were sent to Copenhagen ; one of them, bound with uncommon elegance, for the king himself, and the others as presents to his courtiers. ' Such were the circumstances which induced him... | |
 | Sir William Jones - 1807 - 484 pages
...publifhed in the fummer of the year feventeen hundred and feventy *, at the expence of the tranflator ; and forty copies upon large paper were fent to Copenhagen,...others as prefents to his Courtiers. What marks of diftindion I have fince received, and what fruits I have reaped for my labour, it would ill become... | |
 | Sir William Jones - 1807 - 470 pages
...with great impatience by the Court of Denmark. The tranfladon was not, however, publifhed until 1 770. Forty copies upon large paper were fent to Copenhagen;...himfelf } and the others, as prefents to his courtiers. Such were the circumftances which induced him, (as he modeftly obferved,) againft his inclinations,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 548 pages
...Denmark. The translation was not, however, published until 1770. Forty copies upon large paper were sent to Copenhagen ; one of them, bound with uncommon elegance, for the king himself : and the others as presents to his courtiers." What reward he received for this undertaking... | |
 | Biography - 1815 - 544 pages
...Denmark. The translation was not, however, published until 1770. Forty copies upon large paper were sent to Copenhagen ; one of them, bound with uncommon elegance, for the king himself : and the others as presents to his courtiers." What reward he received for this undertaking... | |
 | English literature - 1787 - 564 pages
...NADIR SHAH was publii'icd in the fummer of the year 1770, at the expence of the tranflator ; and foity copies upon large paper were fent to Copenhagen; one of them bound wirh uncommon elegance for the King hiiiifdf, and the others asfrefents to his courtiers *• What... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1805 - 910 pages
...of Denmark. The truncation was not published until 1770. Forty copies, upon large paper, were scut to Copenhagen, one of them, bound with uncommon elegance, for the king himself, and the others as presents to his courtiers. What marks of distinction he received, or w hat... | |
 | William Jones - Literary Collections - 1993 - 452 pages
...publiflied in the fummer of the year feventeen hundred and feventy *, at the expence of the tranflator ; and forty copies upon large paper were fent to Copenhagen^...to his Courtiers. What marks of diftinction I have fmce received, and what fruits I have reaped for my labour, it would ill become me to mention at the... | |
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