The Calcutta Review, Volume 14University of Calcutta, 1850 |
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has been excellent . His own language - Mahratta - he is master of ; he can read and understand English ; is ready at arith- metic ; and has more than an average knowledge of geography , besides much general information , and a desire ...
has been excellent . His own language - Mahratta - he is master of ; he can read and understand English ; is ready at arith- metic ; and has more than an average knowledge of geography , besides much general information , and a desire ...
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... languages , and history have been the subject of attention . At these institutions it would not , perhaps , be natural to expect or look for much infusion of the spirit of European knowledge or ethics . A few works may be seen ...
... languages , and history have been the subject of attention . At these institutions it would not , perhaps , be natural to expect or look for much infusion of the spirit of European knowledge or ethics . A few works may be seen ...
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... languages spoken by the natives of India , as Bengali , Ooriya , Tamul , or Marathi , according to the places of their residence . The lecture we then read to them , was not , we trust , out of place there ; but it would have been still ...
... languages spoken by the natives of India , as Bengali , Ooriya , Tamul , or Marathi , according to the places of their residence . The lecture we then read to them , was not , we trust , out of place there ; but it would have been still ...
Page 117
... language is more extensive than either elegant or correct . Mr. Coleridge's neighbour sank sadly in his estimation , from the mode in which he expressed his delectation at the appearance of his favourite viands . If our present ...
... language is more extensive than either elegant or correct . Mr. Coleridge's neighbour sank sadly in his estimation , from the mode in which he expressed his delectation at the appearance of his favourite viands . If our present ...
Page 118
... language , which seems to us to be simple and good ; with the exception of one fault , as we esteem it , which indeed pervades the work , and which it may be as well to notice now , once for all . The Author has adopted the system of ...
... language , which seems to us to be simple and good ; with the exception of one fault , as we esteem it , which indeed pervades the work , and which it may be as well to notice now , once for all . The Author has adopted the system of ...
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affairs Affghan Affghanistan Agra amongst army attack Bala Hissar Bamian Bengal Brahmans brigade British Cabul Calcutta Candahar cantonments Captain Hervey Cawnpore character Chiefs civil Clive Collectors command course Court creation cultivators detachment district ditto Dost Mahomed duties earth effect Elphinstone enemy English Envoy European existed fact favour feeling force former Ghiljies Government Governor-General guns hand Herat Hindi Hindu India influence instruction Kalhana Kashmir Khan labour land landholders Lord Lord Auckland Macnaghten Mahomed Akbar matter means measures ment military Mohun Lal Namuh native Nawab North Western Provinces object occupation officers pass Pergunnah period Persian political portion position possession present proprietors Provinces Rajput reason received regarding regiment render respect revenue rupees Sale Sanskrit schools Scinde settlement Shah Shuja Shah's sipahis tion tribes troops Urdu village whilst whole Yar Mahomed Zeila