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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... race of native princes , in the later ages , occu- pied the throne of India . Without having recourse to an era prior to the commencement of authentic history in Eu- rope , we learn from the annals of classical antiquity , that the ...
... race of native princes , in the later ages , occu- pied the throne of India . Without having recourse to an era prior to the commencement of authentic history in Eu- rope , we learn from the annals of classical antiquity , that the ...
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... race , this country has at once strongly attracted the desire , and readily submitted to the arms , of those who sought either for accession of territory or increase of wealth . But Hindostan has been chiefly interesting as a scene of ...
... race , this country has at once strongly attracted the desire , and readily submitted to the arms , of those who sought either for accession of territory or increase of wealth . But Hindostan has been chiefly interesting as a scene of ...
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... race from a most abject state of civil , intellectual , moral , and religious degradation ; and to bless them with an increase of the comforts of life , with a participation of the liberties and laws of Britons , and , above all , with ...
... race from a most abject state of civil , intellectual , moral , and religious degradation ; and to bless them with an increase of the comforts of life , with a participation of the liberties and laws of Britons , and , above all , with ...
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... last and best state of our world and of our race , when , according to the intimation of holy writ , the " whole earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord . " PART I. OF THE BEST MEANS OF CIVILISING THE SUBJECTS 16.
... last and best state of our world and of our race , when , according to the intimation of holy writ , the " whole earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord . " PART I. OF THE BEST MEANS OF CIVILISING THE SUBJECTS 16.
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... race of men : content with little : careless about futurity : attached to ancient usages : and assiduous , without being either active or enterprising . The Mahrattas , however , who inhabit the central parts , and form one of the ...
... race of men : content with little : careless about futurity : attached to ancient usages : and assiduous , without being either active or enterprising . The Mahrattas , however , who inhabit the central parts , and form one of the ...
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