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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John Mitchell. & and of com- merce . his ample dominions , had established an empire there , which subsisted for a considerable period after his death . To this foreign yoke others have closely succeeded . For , fertile in soil and ...
John Mitchell. & and of com- merce . his ample dominions , had established an empire there , which subsisted for a considerable period after his death . To this foreign yoke others have closely succeeded . For , fertile in soil and ...
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... establishing a selfish ascendancy , is not won- derful ; but that the other classes of the community should have been ... established , yet it has been abolished for ages . The Hindoo constitution , however , derived from a period of ...
... establishing a selfish ascendancy , is not won- derful ; but that the other classes of the community should have been ... established , yet it has been abolished for ages . The Hindoo constitution , however , derived from a period of ...
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... battle of Plassey , which established us in the sovereignty of Bengal , and struck the country powers with the terror of the British name , was gained by the for- F midable array of only nine hundred European soldiers ; and 41.
... battle of Plassey , which established us in the sovereignty of Bengal , and struck the country powers with the terror of the British name , was gained by the for- F midable array of only nine hundred European soldiers ; and 41.
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John Mitchell. of establishing their own ascendancy and interests , on a basis not to be shaken . In contemplating the means of accomplishing this im- portant object , " the civilisation of the subjects of the Bri- tish empire in India ...
John Mitchell. of establishing their own ascendancy and interests , on a basis not to be shaken . In contemplating the means of accomplishing this im- portant object , " the civilisation of the subjects of the Bri- tish empire in India ...
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... established manners , be accounted less hazardous than difficult . 66 Nations , " as Montesquieu ob- serves , are more tenacious of their manners than of their laws . " They read and hear the one ; they feel and see the other . But ...
... established manners , be accounted less hazardous than difficult . 66 Nations , " as Montesquieu ob- serves , are more tenacious of their manners than of their laws . " They read and hear the one ; they feel and see the other . But ...
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