The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and AustraliaParbury, Allen, and Company, 1836 - Asia |
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... ment to them to continue their course of studies ; " it also added , that this reform was to be extended to all other Government institutions . Now every person acquainted with the circumstances of India must be aware , that , to ...
... ment to them to continue their course of studies ; " it also added , that this reform was to be extended to all other Government institutions . Now every person acquainted with the circumstances of India must be aware , that , to ...
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... ment think it advisable to remodel the Madressa , therefore , it cannot in justice divert the funds to any purpose not legitimately connected with the objects of the institution ; and the retrenchment arising from the abolition of ...
... ment think it advisable to remodel the Madressa , therefore , it cannot in justice divert the funds to any purpose not legitimately connected with the objects of the institution ; and the retrenchment arising from the abolition of ...
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... ment patronage , convinced that the native mind might derive real benefit from the cultivation of various branches of their own literature , especially their philology , their laws , and , in the case of the Mohammedans , their history ...
... ment patronage , convinced that the native mind might derive real benefit from the cultivation of various branches of their own literature , especially their philology , their laws , and , in the case of the Mohammedans , their history ...
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... ment to bestow attention or cost . The demands of the public service and of private interests already offer a sufficient inducement to the natives to acquire the use of English , to an extent fully equal to all they could derive from ...
... ment to bestow attention or cost . The demands of the public service and of private interests already offer a sufficient inducement to the natives to acquire the use of English , to an extent fully equal to all they could derive from ...
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... ment in the notions and feelings of the natives , their education must extend to things as well as words ; they must be taught knowledge , not speech . They have already the means of communicating ideas ; what they want is an additional ...
... ment in the notions and feelings of the natives , their education must extend to things as well as words ; they must be taught knowledge , not speech . They have already the means of communicating ideas ; what they want is an additional ...
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Page 146 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 45 - Deposition, Examination, Answer, or other Proceeding made or taken before him or them, to direct such Person to be prosecuted for such Perjury, in case there shall appear to him or them a reasonable Cause for such Prosecution...
Page 234 - An Act to empower his majesty to erect South Australia into a British province or provinces, and to provide for the colonization and government thereof.
Page 205 - A DISCOURSE ON THE INSTITUTION OF A SOCIETY, FOR INQUIRING INTO THE HISTORY, CIVIL AND NATURAL, THE ANTIQUITIES, ARTS, SCIENCES, AND LITERATURE, OF ASIA.
Page 50 - There is the moral of all human tales; 'Tis but the same rehearsal of the past, First Freedom, and then Glory— when that fails, Wealth, vice, corruption,— barbarism at last. And History, with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page...
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Page 206 - ... a sum of not less than one lac of rupees in each year shall be set apart and applied to the revival and improvement of literature, and the encouragement of the learned natives of India, and for the introduction and promotion of a knowledge of the science among the inhabitants of the British territories in India...
Page 289 - I would choose rather to be a scholar than a prince without learning. I have a very good affectionate father ; but though very rich, yet so mighty near, that he thinks much of the charges of my education. He often tells me he believes my schooling will ruin him ; that I cost him God knows what, in books.
Page 151 - Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public ; to forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press; but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequence of his own temerity.
Page 176 - That wondrous Paterne, wheresoere it bee, Whether in earth layd up in secret store, Or else in heaven, that no man may it see With sinfull eyes, for feare it to deflore, Is perfect Beautie, which all men adore; Whose face and feature doth so much excell All mortal sence, that none the same may tell.