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Page 9
... person cannot speak it . Besides , it will gain respect from the natives , who consider a knowledge of various languages as the mark of a superior education , not to mention the great importance it must be of to an officer to understand ...
... person cannot speak it . Besides , it will gain respect from the natives , who consider a knowledge of various languages as the mark of a superior education , not to mention the great importance it must be of to an officer to understand ...
Page 10
... person , I should propose a reward to the little Hindû boys who should read or repeat most fluently a tale from Mr. Wilkins's Heetopadesa . I am sure the boy would read English much sooner by giving him the ideas he was accustomed to in ...
... person , I should propose a reward to the little Hindû boys who should read or repeat most fluently a tale from Mr. Wilkins's Heetopadesa . I am sure the boy would read English much sooner by giving him the ideas he was accustomed to in ...
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... persons deliver themselves who still speak the language . I think that , from the fragments of the history and literature of the Bramins which have been translated - and from these only I can judge- we are authorized to conclude , that ...
... persons deliver themselves who still speak the language . I think that , from the fragments of the history and literature of the Bramins which have been translated - and from these only I can judge- we are authorized to conclude , that ...
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... persons accustomed to the English idiom , and takes from it , to me at least , the character of poetry * . The first section of the first book may be * Three hundred rupees per month are allowed to the translators by the Asiatic Society ...
... persons accustomed to the English idiom , and takes from it , to me at least , the character of poetry * . The first section of the first book may be * Three hundred rupees per month are allowed to the translators by the Asiatic Society ...
Page 34
... persons to deliver her to her husband ; but in the mean time Sacontala having , in the first moments of her grief for the depart- ure of the king , neglected to perform the rites of hospitality towards a Bramin , the irritable priest ...
... persons to deliver her to her husband ; but in the mean time Sacontala having , in the first moments of her grief for the depart- ure of the king , neglected to perform the rites of hospitality towards a Bramin , the irritable priest ...
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