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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... considered as a member of human so- ciety , a subject of human government . It supposes him to enjoy the full benefit of those political arrangements , of which his circumstances will admit ; and , of course , to pos- sess all that ...
... considered as a member of human so- ciety , a subject of human government . It supposes him to enjoy the full benefit of those political arrangements , of which his circumstances will admit ; and , of course , to pos- sess all that ...
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... considered , a very uninformed race . Abste- mious , because the restraints of their religion , and their ex- treme poverty , impose temperance ; strangers to that fero- city of manners , which marks nations less gentle ; they have yet ...
... considered , a very uninformed race . Abste- mious , because the restraints of their religion , and their ex- treme poverty , impose temperance ; strangers to that fero- city of manners , which marks nations less gentle ; they have yet ...
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... considered by all as injurious . It has been regarded even with partiality , and represented as favourable to civilisation , by the elegant and reflecting author of the " Disquisition concerning the Know- ledge which the Ancients had of ...
... considered by all as injurious . It has been regarded even with partiality , and represented as favourable to civilisation , by the elegant and reflecting author of the " Disquisition concerning the Know- ledge which the Ancients had of ...
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... considered as the centre of his do- minions , he found it necessary to build and to fortify a greater number of cities . Several of these , to the east and to the south of the Caspian Sea , are mentioned by ancient authors ; and , in ...
... considered as the centre of his do- minions , he found it necessary to build and to fortify a greater number of cities . Several of these , to the east and to the south of the Caspian Sea , are mentioned by ancient authors ; and , in ...
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... considered as the heart , whence all the life and motion of the system proceed . How this shall be modified in In- dia ; or how its arrangements may be made most conducive to the improvement of the subjects , must then appear to be ...
... considered as the heart , whence all the life and motion of the system proceed . How this shall be modified in In- dia ; or how its arrangements may be made most conducive to the improvement of the subjects , must then appear to be ...
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