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Excerpt from The Assembly of Mirth: A Literal Translation Into English of the Sabh� Bil�sa, One of the Degree of Honour Hindi d104-Books
The Translation. I have striven throughout to present the student with as literal a translation as grammatical English would admit of. Where this was not practicable in the body of the text, notes have been plentifully added. Eastern writers labour to give their words, phrases, and sentences as many different shades of meaning as possible. This the English student is very often apt to forget, simply because it is entirely at variance with his notions of speech and action. On the other hand it is very probable that in some instances I have missed the point altogether. I trust these cases are few however: I shall be glad to have my attention drawn to them. The Notes. These will be found helpful if not learned and practical if shallow. The Assembly of Mirth has been written by a student for stu dents, and not by a scholar for scholars. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
