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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... conducting military enterprises on a large scale , and acquiring , from time to time , as the result of these new adventures , an immense accession of territory . The world saw a singular and a splendid spectacle . In the his- tory of ...
... conducting military enterprises on a large scale , and acquiring , from time to time , as the result of these new adventures , an immense accession of territory . The world saw a singular and a splendid spectacle . In the his- tory of ...
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... conduct of the various classes of the community . How then , by the arrangements of civil polity , by the exertions of a wise administration , may the greatest proportion of happiness be distributed throughout this vast and populous ...
... conduct of the various classes of the community . How then , by the arrangements of civil polity , by the exertions of a wise administration , may the greatest proportion of happiness be distributed throughout this vast and populous ...
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... conducted to Hindostan by land , or conveyed thither by sea . Thus , flourishing as are the affairs of the Company at pre- sent , splendid as are the prospects of aggrandisement now rising to view , if they depend upon force alone 42.
... conducted to Hindostan by land , or conveyed thither by sea . Thus , flourishing as are the affairs of the Company at pre- sent , splendid as are the prospects of aggrandisement now rising to view , if they depend upon force alone 42.
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... conduct , but as their birth- right inheritance , as the capricious allotment of human laws . Than this , what can be conceived more arbitrary and un- natural ; more unjust or impolitic ? It is even unfriendly to those classes whom it ...
... conduct , but as their birth- right inheritance , as the capricious allotment of human laws . Than this , what can be conceived more arbitrary and un- natural ; more unjust or impolitic ? It is even unfriendly to those classes whom it ...
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... conduct armies in war , or administer the affairs of govern- ment in peace . He ought to possess , in an uncommon de- gree , those enlarged and accurate views of the science of government , of the philosophy of human nature , of ...
... conduct armies in war , or administer the affairs of govern- ment in peace . He ought to possess , in an uncommon de- gree , those enlarged and accurate views of the science of government , of the philosophy of human nature , of ...
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“An” essay on the best means of civilising the subjects of the British ... John Mitchell No preview available - 1805 |
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