An Essay on the Best Means of Civilising the Subjects of the British Empire in India, and of Diffusing the Light of the Christian Religion Throughout the Eastern World |
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... attempting to ameliorate the condition and exalt the character of those whom the fortune of war has thrown under their ... attempt proposed is necessary for the vindication of our national character . At this moment , loud are the ...
... attempting to ameliorate the condition and exalt the character of those whom the fortune of war has thrown under their ... attempt proposed is necessary for the vindication of our national character . At this moment , loud are the ...
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... attempting to promote this progress , two extremes are to be avoided . There appears on either hand a fatal rock , which it behoves the political navigator to shun with steady aim . On the one side , by grasping at too much we might ...
... attempting to promote this progress , two extremes are to be avoided . There appears on either hand a fatal rock , which it behoves the political navigator to shun with steady aim . On the one side , by grasping at too much we might ...
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... attempted to prove , by a long and argumentative induction of facts , that " the inha- bitants of India were not only ... attempt , in the close of that elaborate treatise , is both interesting to our feelings , and intimately connected ...
... attempted to prove , by a long and argumentative induction of facts , that " the inha- bitants of India were not only ... attempt , in the close of that elaborate treatise , is both interesting to our feelings , and intimately connected ...
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... attempt peculiarly arduous . Here , then , is an enterprise , which requires the deepest consideration ; an enterprise , which , while it presents an object at once dif- ficult and magnificent , to invite the exertions of genius , also ...
... attempt peculiarly arduous . Here , then , is an enterprise , which requires the deepest consideration ; an enterprise , which , while it presents an object at once dif- ficult and magnificent , to invite the exertions of genius , also ...
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John Mitchell. cannot be dishonourable . The attempt is laudable ; and he who sinks in the course , may yet enjoy the consolation of the brave , but too adventurous son of Apollo : Magnis tamen excidit ausis . Statistical view of mo ...
John Mitchell. cannot be dishonourable . The attempt is laudable ; and he who sinks in the course , may yet enjoy the consolation of the brave , but too adventurous son of Apollo : Magnis tamen excidit ausis . Statistical view of mo ...
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