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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... whole system to a perilous trial . And , if the analogy be in this instance exact , should not every measure of a wise and hu- mane policy be adopted , to prevent a dismemberment of the empire , which may prove fatal , must prove ...
... whole system to a perilous trial . And , if the analogy be in this instance exact , should not every measure of a wise and hu- mane policy be adopted , to prevent a dismemberment of the empire , which may prove fatal , must prove ...
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... the 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.
... the 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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... whole , are exemplarily mild , inoffensive , and obliging . The term then , it is presumed , is , in this discussion , to be taken in its philosophical acceptation , denoting the im- provement of man , considered as a member of human so ...
... whole , are exemplarily mild , inoffensive , and obliging . The term then , it is presumed , is , in this discussion , to be taken in its philosophical acceptation , denoting the im- provement of man , considered as a member of human so ...
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... bias . The Hindoos being a mild , upon the whole a temperate , and a humane people , it was to be expected that their laws would partake of these qualities ; and , accordingly , an high Casts . encomium has been bestowed , by able judges ...
... bias . The Hindoos being a mild , upon the whole a temperate , and a humane people , it was to be expected that their laws would partake of these qualities ; and , accordingly , an high Casts . encomium has been bestowed , by able judges ...
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... whole population is distributed , by this arrangement , into four general classes , besides above eighty subdivisions . Of these the first class consists of the Bramins , who are the ministers of religion , the votaries of science , the ...
... whole population is distributed , by this arrangement , into four general classes , besides above eighty subdivisions . Of these the first class consists of the Bramins , who are the ministers of religion , the votaries of science , the ...
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