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... Hindu College IN LITERATURE - HISTORY - ENGLISH ESSAY : TOGETHER WITH AN APPENDIX , CONTAINING REPLIES IN MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY_ CALCULATION OF A SOLAR ECLIPSE - AND AN ESSAY . CALCUTTA : W. RIDSDALE , MILITARY ORPHAN PRESS ...
... Hindu College IN LITERATURE - HISTORY - ENGLISH ESSAY : TOGETHER WITH AN APPENDIX , CONTAINING REPLIES IN MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY_ CALCULATION OF A SOLAR ECLIPSE - AND AN ESSAY . CALCUTTA : W. RIDSDALE , MILITARY ORPHAN PRESS ...
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... Hindu College . BACON . Answer 9th . - The errors which Bacon intends to illustrate by these metaphors are the following . Men have cultivated knowledge with a view to gratify a vain and restless curiosity ; or to feast their minds with ...
... Hindu College . BACON . Answer 9th . - The errors which Bacon intends to illustrate by these metaphors are the following . Men have cultivated knowledge with a view to gratify a vain and restless curiosity ; or to feast their minds with ...
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... Hindu College . 2. The real information contained in the Ramayan is , that there was a King Rama of Ojudhya ( Oude ) who led an expedition through Deckan to Ceylon . The fabulous circumstance of his being assisted by the Ho- numans ...
... Hindu College . 2. The real information contained in the Ramayan is , that there was a King Rama of Ojudhya ( Oude ) who led an expedition through Deckan to Ceylon . The fabulous circumstance of his being assisted by the Ho- numans ...
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... Hindu College . POLITICAL ECONOMY . 8. ' The reason assigned by Smith , why the price of corn in rich and highly cultivated countries is generally as high as in poor and badly cul- tivated countries ? ' is that in the rich countries ...
... Hindu College . POLITICAL ECONOMY . 8. ' The reason assigned by Smith , why the price of corn in rich and highly cultivated countries is generally as high as in poor and badly cul- tivated countries ? ' is that in the rich countries ...
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... Hindu College . POLITICAL ECONOMY . 8. The reason assigned by Dr. Smith , why the price of corn in rich and highly cultivated countries is higher than in others less cultivated ; is , that agriculture does not admit of greater and more ...
... Hindu College . POLITICAL ECONOMY . 8. The reason assigned by Dr. Smith , why the price of corn in rich and highly cultivated countries is higher than in others less cultivated ; is , that agriculture does not admit of greater and more ...
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