The Theological, Philosophical and Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. William Jones, M.A. F. R. S, Vol. 6 of 12 to Which Is Prefixed, a Short Account of His Life and Writings (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Theological, Philosophical and Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. William Jones, M.A. F. R. S, Vol. 6 of 12: To Which Is Prefixed, a Short Account of His Life and Writings The first thing which engages the curiosity. Of man, and tempts him to bestow so much Of his labour and attention upon this part of the creation, is the beautiful form and splendid attire of plants. They who practise this labour know how delightful it is. It scemato restore man in his fallen state to a participa tion Of that felicity, which he enjoyed while innocent in Paradise. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.