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Without attending to the chronological order 

 of their publication, I shall briefly recapitulate his 

 other performances in Asiatic Literature, as far as 

 my knowledge and recollection of them extend. 



The vanity and petulance of Anquetil dit 

 Perron, with his illiberal reflections on some of the 

 learned Members of the University of Oxford, ex- 

 torted from him a letter in the French language, 

 which has been admired for accurate criticism, just 

 satire, and elegant composition. A regard for the 

 literary reputation of his country, induced him to 

 translate from a Persian original into French, the Life 

 of Nadir Shah, that it might not be carried out 

 of England, with a reflection that no person had 

 been found in the British dominions capable of trans- 

 lating; it. The students of Persian literature must 

 ever be grateful to him for a grammar of that lan- 

 guage, in which he has shewn the possibility of 

 combining taste and elegance with the precision 

 of a grammarian; and every admirer of Arabic poe- 

 try must acknowledge his obligations to him for a ri 

 English version of the seven celebrated poems, so 

 well known by the name of Moallakat, from the dis- 

 tinction to which their excellence had entitled ttfem, 

 of being suspended in the temple of Mecca. 1 should 

 scarcely think it of importance to mention, that he - 

 did not disdain the office of Editor of a Shatiscrit and 

 Persian work, if it did not alio rd me an opportunity 

 of adding, that the latter was published at his own 

 expence, and was sold for the benefit of insol- 

 vent debtors. A similar application was made of 

 the prod uce of the S i r a j i y y a h • 



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