General Report on Public Instruction, in the Lower Provinces of the Bengal Presidency, for ...W. Ridsdale., 1848 |
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... directed their efforts for the advancement of native instruction . " To the affectionate regard and admiration which has been testified by the native community , and the deserved encomium pronounced this day in the Town Hall by the ...
... directed their efforts for the advancement of native instruction . " To the affectionate regard and admiration which has been testified by the native community , and the deserved encomium pronounced this day in the Town Hall by the ...
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... directed to be furnished by the Council of Education , in accordance with the resolution of October 10th 1844 , will be held in the Town Hall upon the dates and at the hours specified below . SUBJECTS . DATES . Wednesday , Sept. 29th ...
... directed to be furnished by the Council of Education , in accordance with the resolution of October 10th 1844 , will be held in the Town Hall upon the dates and at the hours specified below . SUBJECTS . DATES . Wednesday , Sept. 29th ...
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... directed to Candidates for be furnished by the Council of Education , insertion in the in accordance with the resolution of Octo- Council's list . ber 10th 1844 , presented themselves for examination from the Hindu and Hooghly Colleges ...
... directed to Candidates for be furnished by the Council of Education , insertion in the in accordance with the resolution of Octo- Council's list . ber 10th 1844 , presented themselves for examination from the Hindu and Hooghly Colleges ...
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... directed to report upon Subordinate a plan submitted by the Government of Bom- Engineer De- bay for the establishment of a subordinate branch of Engineers at that Presidency . A brief outline of the proposal referred to , is subjoined ...
... directed to report upon Subordinate a plan submitted by the Government of Bom- Engineer De- bay for the establishment of a subordinate branch of Engineers at that Presidency . A brief outline of the proposal referred to , is subjoined ...
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... directed by a few qualified European heads . The establish- ment of a class exclusively Geological would become a source from whence much good to the country at large , and to the Government might hereafter , be expected . What I have ...
... directed by a few qualified European heads . The establish- ment of a class exclusively Geological would become a source from whence much good to the country at large , and to the Government might hereafter , be expected . What I have ...
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Page 179 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires, Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise, Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer...
Page 181 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Page 177 - O poor hapless nightingale, thought I, How sweet thou sing'st, how near the deadly snare ! Then down the lawns I ran with headlong...
Page 57 - It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore and to see ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth...
Page 185 - If two triangles have one angle of the one equal to one angle of the other and the sides about these equal angles proportional, the triangles are similar.
Page 183 - The five following are the principal circumstances which, so far as I have been able to observe, make up for a small pecuniary gain in some employments, and counterbalance a great one in others...
Page 178 - Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine ; Or what (though rare) of later age Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage.
Page 178 - Unfastens : on a sudden open fly, With impetuous recoil and jarring sound The infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder, that the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus.
Page 181 - We hang one jingling padlock on the mind: A poet the first day he dips his quill; And what the last ? a very poet still. Pity the charm works only in our wall!
Page 57 - But superstition hath been the confusion of many states, and bringeth in a new primum mobile, that ravisheth all the spheres of government. T*he master of superstition is the people ; and in all superstition wise men follow fools ; and arguments are fitted to practice, in a reversed order.