A Grammar of the Persian Language: To Which Is Added, a Selection of Easy (Classic Reprint)

The object of the following .W ork is to facilitate the acquisition of a language universally allowed to be the richest and most elegant of those spoken in Modern A sia. To the general scholar, the Persian recommends itself, from its vast stores of graceful and entertaining literature. To the traveller in theE ast, a knowledge of it is as essential as that of the French used to be in Europe. Lastly, to our British Youth, who annually resort to I ndia, destined to become, in due time, the guardians of our Eastern Empire, an acquaintance with Persian is of the utmost importance. In the first place, it is the Court language of theM usalman Princes, and that of the higher classes generally; and, in the second place, a knowledge of it is requisite for the proper attainment of the Hindustani, or popular language, which is spoken and understood, more or less, in every part of the country. I have been long convinced, from experience, that a work like the present is a desideratum. AG rammar of any language, adapted for a beginner, ought to be brief and perspicuous, containing only the general and more useful principles of such language. It ought to be accompanied withE asy Extracts for practice, as well as a copious Vocabulary. At the same time, the shortest Grammar is too long for a beginner: therefore, those parts absolutely necessary for the first reading ought to be rendered more prominent, by the use of a larger type.
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