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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... authority , with the chieftains of ancient Europe . Of these principalities , se- veral are now either subject to the British empire , or in al- liance with it . The states of chief consideration , that have maintained their ...
... authority , with the chieftains of ancient Europe . Of these principalities , se- veral are now either subject to the British empire , or in al- liance with it . The states of chief consideration , that have maintained their ...
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... authority , exactly in point , may be adduced . Sometimes , " says Montes- quieu , " one monarchy subdues another . The smaller the latter , the better it is checked by fortresses : and the larger it is , the better it is preserved by ...
... authority , exactly in point , may be adduced . Sometimes , " says Montes- quieu , " one monarchy subdues another . The smaller the latter , the better it is checked by fortresses : and the larger it is , the better it is preserved by ...
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... authority , which may possibly exist , or arise , in any of the departments of government ; and those intrigues of the disaffected natives in the bosom of the em- pire , or of foreign emissaries insidiously introduced , which may be ...
... authority , which may possibly exist , or arise , in any of the departments of government ; and those intrigues of the disaffected natives in the bosom of the em- pire , or of foreign emissaries insidiously introduced , which may be ...
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... authorities . But such regula- tions , like those which have been adopted in some other cases , will soon become ... authority of law ; and unless the British , urged by every consideration the most important , be persuaded , as a ...
... authorities . But such regula- tions , like those which have been adopted in some other cases , will soon become ... authority of law ; and unless the British , urged by every consideration the most important , be persuaded , as a ...
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... authority and influence in each , ( suppose the chiefs of the hereditary rulers , ) assembled , from time to time , with the sanction , and under the eye , of * Pref . to Laws of Menu . the British government , to deliberate about such ...
... authority and influence in each , ( suppose the chiefs of the hereditary rulers , ) assembled , from time to time , with the sanction , and under the eye , of * Pref . to Laws of Menu . the British government , to deliberate about such ...
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