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... Arabic as its own sacred language , and Persian as its language of literature and business . By a large infusion of these languages into Hindi , it created Hindustani , which , as the most conve nient medium of communication between the ...
... Arabic as its own sacred language , and Persian as its language of literature and business . By a large infusion of these languages into Hindi , it created Hindustani , which , as the most conve nient medium of communication between the ...
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... Arabic , must have shown transcendent claims of some other kind , before Parliament could have been induced to give them the preference . Nor could Parliament have failed to perceive , if it had undertaken to decide the question in 1833 ...
... Arabic , must have shown transcendent claims of some other kind , before Parliament could have been induced to give them the preference . Nor could Parliament have failed to perceive , if it had undertaken to decide the question in 1833 ...
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... Arabic are very fit objects to be pursued in India for certain special purposes . The study of Sanskrit , in par- ticular , as a means of enriching the vernacular languages , and as a means of throwing light upon the movements of the ...
... Arabic are very fit objects to be pursued in India for certain special purposes . The study of Sanskrit , in par- ticular , as a means of enriching the vernacular languages , and as a means of throwing light upon the movements of the ...
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... Arabic and Sanscrit literature , that they never would have given the honourable appellation of a learned na- tive ' to a native who was familiar with the poetry of Milton , the metaphysics of Locke , and the physics of Newton ; but ...
... Arabic and Sanscrit literature , that they never would have given the honourable appellation of a learned na- tive ' to a native who was familiar with the poetry of Milton , the metaphysics of Locke , and the physics of Newton ; but ...
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... Arabic and Sanscrit would be downright spoliation . It is not easy to understand by what process of reasoning they can have arrived at this conclusion . The grants which are made from the public purse for the encouragement of literature ...
... Arabic and Sanscrit would be downright spoliation . It is not easy to understand by what process of reasoning they can have arrived at this conclusion . The grants which are made from the public purse for the encouragement of literature ...
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