 Mahomed, and others despise their language, because they do not understand it: we all love to excuse, or to conceal, our ignorance, and are seldom willing to allow any excellence beyond the limits of our own attainments: like the savages, who thought...  A Grammar of the Persian Language - Страница iiпо Sir William Jones - 1771 - 153 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Sir William Jones - 1823 - 258 страници
...because they uo not understand it : we all love to excuse, or to conceal, our ignorance, b and are seldom willing to allow any excellence beyond the limits of our own attainments; like the savages who thought that the sun rose and set for them alone, and could not imagine that the waves,... | |
 | Samuel Lee - 1825 - 108 страници
...the preface to his grammar, that " we all love to excuse or to conceal our ignorance, and are seldom willing to allow any excellence beyond the limits of our own attainments ; like the savages, who thought that the sun rose and set for them alone ; and could not imagine that the waves,... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks - 1838 - 542 страници
...because they do not understand it. We all love to excuse or to conceal our ignorance, and are seldom willing to allow any excellence beyond the limits of our own attainments; like the savages, who thought that the sun * Preface, p. 5. t Persian Grammar, Preface, p. 1 and seq. NO. IV.—vOL.... | |
 | 1839 - 618 страници
...reflection of Sir William Jones, that " we all love to excuse or to conceal our ignorance, and are seldom willing to allow any excellence beyond the limits of our own attainments ; like the savages, who thought that the sun rose and set for them alone, and could not imagine that the waves,... | |
 | John Zephaniah Holwell - 2000 - 434 страници
...philistinism with true savagery: We all love to excuse, or lo conceal, our ignorance, and are seldom willing to allow any excellence beyond the limits of our own attainments: like the savages, who thought the sun rose and set for them alone, and could not imagine that the waves, whieh... | |
 | 1839 - 608 страници
...reflection of Sir William Jones, that " we all love to excuse or to conceal our ignorance, and are seldom willing to allow any excellence beyond the limits of our own attainments ; like the savages, who thought that the sun rose and set for them alone, and could not imagine that the waves,... | |
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