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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... natural course of things , soon arose to embroil them with the natives ; and the successful issue of these contests opened their minds to new views of aggrandisement . Still retaining the name and appearance of a commercial company ...
... natural course of things , soon arose to embroil them with the natives ; and the successful issue of these contests opened their minds to new views of aggrandisement . Still retaining the name and appearance of a commercial company ...
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... nature rocks beneath his tread . To pour redress on India's injured realm , The oppressor to dethrone , the proud to whelm ; To chace destruction from her plunder'd shore , With art and arms that triumph'd once before , The tenth Avater ...
... nature rocks beneath his tread . To pour redress on India's injured realm , The oppressor to dethrone , the proud to whelm ; To chace destruction from her plunder'd shore , With art and arms that triumph'd once before , The tenth Avater ...
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... nature , where it is greatly de- based by superstition and slavery ; to rescue many millions of our race from a most abject state of civil , intellectual , moral , and religious degradation ; and to bless them with an increase of the ...
... nature , where it is greatly de- based by superstition and slavery ; to rescue many millions of our race from a most abject state of civil , intellectual , moral , and religious degradation ; and to bless them with an increase of the ...
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... either absolute or comparative . By abso- lute civilisation we understand the utmost improvement , of which mankind , in their social state , are susceptible . This is that perfectibility of human nature , by the operation 18.
... either absolute or comparative . By abso- lute civilisation we understand the utmost improvement , of which mankind , in their social state , are susceptible . This is that perfectibility of human nature , by the operation 18.
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... nature , a certain fatality in human affairs , which forbid the hope that this captivating prospect will soon be realised , or the object be ever attained solely by such means . The pleasing dream is dispelled . A cloud has been ...
... nature , a certain fatality in human affairs , which forbid the hope that this captivating prospect will soon be realised , or the object be ever attained solely by such means . The pleasing dream is dispelled . A cloud has been ...
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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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