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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... Present State - Inferences - Obstacles- Facilities - Presumed Character of the proper Plans - Methods of promoting the Object , in various Views , suggested , . . PART II . • • Page 17 On the best Means of diffusing the Light of the ...
... Present State - Inferences - Obstacles- Facilities - Presumed Character of the proper Plans - Methods of promoting the Object , in various Views , suggested , . . PART II . • • Page 17 On the best Means of diffusing the Light of the ...
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... presents . Of all speculations , such as tend to ameliorate the condition , and exalt the cha- racter of mankind , are the most interesting and important * . And , according to every just estimate , these must appear to rise in ...
... presents . Of all speculations , such as tend to ameliorate the condition , and exalt the cha- racter of mankind , are the most interesting and important * . And , according to every just estimate , these must appear to rise in ...
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... , more civilised than the Hindoos ; for , though several districts of India be infested by hordes of robbers , and the people in general , by reason of their almost total C Present sig- nification de- termined . Distinctions on this sub- ...
... , more civilised than the Hindoos ; for , though several districts of India be infested by hordes of robbers , and the people in general , by reason of their almost total C Present sig- nification de- termined . Distinctions on this sub- ...
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John Mitchell. Present sig- nification de- termined . Distinctions on this sub- ject . want of clothing , may , to an European eye , have the ap- pearance of barbarians ; yet their national temper and man- ners , upon the whole , are ...
John Mitchell. Present sig- nification de- termined . Distinctions on this sub- ject . want of clothing , may , to an European eye , have the ap- pearance of barbarians ; yet their national temper and man- ners , upon the whole , are ...
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... presents in fact , an object sufficiently magnificent and interesting to ex- cite and to reward our researches . There is no nation on earth who have attained , in all respects , that height of im- provement which they might reach ...
... presents in fact , an object sufficiently magnificent and interesting to ex- cite and to reward our researches . There is no nation on earth who have attained , in all respects , that height of im- provement which they might reach ...
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