William Jones
William Jones
Philologist and expert on ancient India who founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal, known for proposing a link among Indo-European languages.
ProfessionTeacher
Date of Birth28 September 1746
charged drinking
For him not to be charged with drinking and driving, it's preposterous. It's ridiculous.
farthest final regional
I'd really like to go to the State. I've never been. The regional final is the farthest I've got.
cab deal
He was heavily intoxicated. Just being in the cab business, I deal with them all the time.
dangerous edge people
People are always on edge here. Nothing is safe. It's a very dangerous place.
wish ifs
Live as if you already are what you wish to become.
literature infinity attention
Wherever we direct our attention to Hindu literature the notion of infinity presents itself.
interchange
In the whisper of the leaves appears an interchange of love.
latin perfect greek
The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity is of wonderful structure, more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin and more exquisitely refined than either.
christian men doctrine
I am no Hindu, but I hold the doctrine of the Hindus concerning a future state (rebirth) to be incomparably more rational, more pious, and more likely to deter men from vice than the horrid opinions inculcated by Christians on punishments without end.
bible christian heart
The Bible is the light of my understanding, the joy of my heart, the fullness of my hope, the clarified of my affections, the mirror of my thoughts, the consoler of my sorrows, the guide of my soul through this gloomy labyrinth of time, the telescope went from heaven to reveal to the eye of man the amazing glories of the far distant world.
time law heaven
Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven.