Address to Parliament on the Duties of Great Britain to India: In Respect of the Education of the Natives, and Their Official Employment |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 25
Page 27
... Latin tongue . The ancient dialects of Italy , the Sabine , the Etruscan , and the Venetian , sunk into ob- livion ; but in the provinces the East was less docile than the West to the voice of its victorious preceptors . This obvious ...
... Latin tongue . The ancient dialects of Italy , the Sabine , the Etruscan , and the Venetian , sunk into ob- livion ; but in the provinces the East was less docile than the West to the voice of its victorious preceptors . This obvious ...
Page 28
... Latin pro- vincials . They solicited with more ardour and obtained with more facility the freedom and honours of the state ; supported the national dignity in letters , and in arms ; and at length , in the person of Trajan , produced an ...
... Latin pro- vincials . They solicited with more ardour and obtained with more facility the freedom and honours of the state ; supported the national dignity in letters , and in arms ; and at length , in the person of Trajan , produced an ...
Page 52
... Latin examples , of creating with their indige- nous dialects something analogous to what France and Spain have since created under the same stimulus , with vernacular instruments which , though formed out of the ruins of Latin , were ...
... Latin examples , of creating with their indige- nous dialects something analogous to what France and Spain have since created under the same stimulus , with vernacular instruments which , though formed out of the ruins of Latin , were ...
Page 59
... Latin literature , admirable as it is , can hardly be considered , for the present purpose , as any thing more than an off - shoot of Hellenic literature . It is true that Latin was no dialect of Greek by its origin . It was a fellow ...
... Latin literature , admirable as it is , can hardly be considered , for the present purpose , as any thing more than an off - shoot of Hellenic literature . It is true that Latin was no dialect of Greek by its origin . It was a fellow ...
Page 60
... Latin authors , and the mul- titude of words borrowed by them , combined with the Indo - Germanic family likeness , have placed Latin literature in such a position of subordination as well as of affinity to Greek literature , that I ...
... Latin authors , and the mul- titude of words borrowed by them , combined with the Indo - Germanic family likeness , have placed Latin literature in such a position of subordination as well as of affinity to Greek literature , that I ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admitted appears Arabic Arts Author become bound Britain British Calcutta civil cloth College committee complete considered containing corrected Council course desire Dictionary duty Edition effect empire England English Engravings established Europe European existing express feeling give given Greek Hindoo History Illustrations imperial important improvement India institution instruction interest Italy JOHN knowledge language late Latin law commission learning letter literature LIVES Lord manner means mind moral natives Natural necessary object offices opinion Original Parliament period Persian persons Philosophy Plates political position Post 8vo Practical present principles progress question races reason received reference remarkable respect revised Roman Rome Sanscrit Second Shilling subjects thing thought tion Translated TREATISE truth University vernacular vols Volume whole Wood Woodcuts writers
Popular passages
Page 6 - A Dictionary of Practical Medicine : Comprising General Pathology, the Nature and Treatment of Diseases, Morbid Structures, and the Disorders especially...
Page 22 - Phillips. — Figures and Descriptions of the Palaeozoic Fossils of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset ; observed in the course of the Ordnance Geological Survey of that District. By JOHN PHILLIPS, FRS, FGS, &c.
Page 10 - Haydn's Book of Dignities : Containing Rolls of the Official Personages of the British Empire, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Judicial, Military, Naval, and Municipal, from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time; Compiled chiefly from the Records of the Public Offices.
Page 79 - To that class we may leave it to refine the vernacular dialects of the country, to enrich those dialects with terms of science borrowed from the Western nomenclature, and to render them by degrees fit vehicles for conveying knowledge to the great mass of the population.
Page 15 - London's Encyclopaedia of Agriculture: comprising the Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Productions of Agriculture.
Page 17 - Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome. With numerous Illustrations, Original and from the Antique, drawn on Wood by George Scharf, jun., and engraved by Samuel Williams. New Edition. Fcp. 4to.
Page 27 - STEEL'S SHIPMASTER'S ASSISTANT; Compiled for the use of Merchants, Owners and Masters of Ships, Officers of Customs, and all Persons connected with Shipping or Commerce : containing the Law and Local Regulations affecting the Ownership, Charge, and Management of Ships and their Cargoes ; together with Notices of other Matters, and all necessary Information for Mariners. New Edition, rewritten throughout. Edited by GRAHAM WILLMORE, Esq. MA Barrister-at-Law; GEORGE CLEMENTS, of the Customs, London;...
Page 81 - Council is of opinion that the great object of the British Government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science among the natives of India, and that all the funds appropriated for the purpose of education would be best employed on English education alone.
Page 24 - Guide ; containing ample Descriptions of all the fine leading varieties of Roses, regularly classed in their respective Families ; their History and Mode of Culture. Fifth Edition, corrected and improved. Fcp.
Page 11 - Seventh Edition, with Additions and Corrections ; and numerous Figures illustrative of the Umbelliferous Plants, the Composite Plants, the Grasses, and the Ferns.