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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... enterprise of the soldier , or the adventurous spirit of the merchant . That the light of science , following the path of the sun , has all along shone from east to west , is a remark which the general history of literature suggests ...
... enterprise of the soldier , or the adventurous spirit of the merchant . That the light of science , following the path of the sun , has all along shone from east to west , is a remark which the general history of literature suggests ...
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... enterprises Hindostan has deeply shared . What is singular , every in- vader of this unfortunate country has been successful . Sel- dom has a race of native princes , in the later ages , occu- pied the throne of India . Without having ...
... enterprises Hindostan has deeply shared . What is singular , every in- vader of this unfortunate country has been successful . Sel- dom has a race of native princes , in the later ages , occu- pied the throne of India . Without having ...
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... 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 no age or nation has ...
... 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 no age or nation has ...
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... enterprise by which its inhabitants are actuated , and the conveniencies and comforts of polished life are widely diffused ; and in the enlightened , and virtuous conduct of the various classes of the community . How then , by the ...
... enterprise by which its inhabitants are actuated , and the conveniencies and comforts of polished life are widely diffused ; and in the enlightened , and virtuous conduct of the various classes of the community . How then , by the ...
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... 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 promises to crown success with no common praise ...
... 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 promises to crown success with no common praise ...
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