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The Asiatic Journal for March 1831 (New Series)

1831

But the insertion of the third word that _immediately follows —the nomintive plural masculine of the demonstrative pronoun =would alone -render the sehtenee in Marat'ha nonsensical and even the bares of the original and the lie of the English version must be admitted to be a pleonasm which ther&was no occasion to retain in a translation:. [...] Nor would a conversancy with the dialects which prevail to the north and south of the Krishna be of the slightest use even if acquired in facilitating the labours of the translator into one or otho of these distinct classes of dialects; for these dialects ha no affinity with each other ; and it is equally obvious that the most intimate knowledge of Sascrit and the vernacular dialects of Ipdia [...] But bad the syntax the idiom and the peculiar genius of the original language and of the one into which the version was made been. [...] And let it not be concealed (he says) that the incidents of the days of mytery in this country come not within the possibility of detail and I should be ashamed to apply myself to the mention of even a summary of them for they arc absolutely unfit to be exposed and narrated ; and were I to turn the reins of my pen to the description of the remaining adventures of my own life I should inevita [...] The Sheikh continues his account of Persian politics till the deposition of Abbas the infant slfaii and the assumption of the regal dignity by the Great Khan Nadir Coli ; the relations of that monarch with India his.march to Cabul and finally to Deihl of the massacre at which place our Author appears to have been an eye-witness; and finally he has given details of the death of Shah Tahmasb
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Pages
147
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.120104
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-ii unknown view
Oriental Translations of the Scriptures
169-180 unknown view
Autobiography of Sheikh Mohammed Ali Hazin
181-184 unknown view
Epitome of the Ramayana
185-191 unknown view
Oriental Ink
191-191 unknown view
Remarks on the Penal Code of China
192-197 unknown view
Lays from the East
198-203 unknown view
Biography of Sir William Jones
203-203 unknown view
Idolatry and Pilgrim-Tax
204-215 unknown view
Civilization
216-219 unknown view
East-Indians or Indo-Britons
219-219 unknown view
Orientalisms of the Greek Writers. No. I.—Homer
220-223 unknown view
French Possessions in India
223-223 unknown view
Indian History
224-230 unknown view
The Indian Army
230-231 A Subscriber view
On the Chains of Mountains and Volcanos of Central Asia
232-240 Baron Von Humboldt view
Free Labour in the Mauritius
241-244 unknown view
Lieutenant-Colonel Wilson
244-253 unknown view
Critical Notices
253-255 unknown view
Literary Intelligence
255-256 unknown view
New Publications
256-256 unknown view
Asiatic Intelligence
121-142 unknown view
Register
143-162 unknown view
Postscript
162-162 unknown view
Minutes of Evidence
163-167 unknown view

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