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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... give the plan of such a consti- tution , or to delineate its ramifications , would lead us into too minute a consideration of this part of our subject . These arrangements must be determined by local circum- stances , and by other ...
... give the plan of such a consti- tution , or to delineate its ramifications , would lead us into too minute a consideration of this part of our subject . These arrangements must be determined by local circum- stances , and by other ...
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... give them a stake , in point of gratitude , of honour , and of interest , in the support of that establishment , by which they should be thus embodied . It would attach the hearts of the natives , and secure their submission to the ...
... give them a stake , in point of gratitude , of honour , and of interest , in the support of that establishment , by which they should be thus embodied . It would attach the hearts of the natives , and secure their submission to the ...
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... gives birth to purity of manners , and produces lenity of laws * ! " The latter part of this panegyric is not ... give no additional security to the established authorities , and would serve only to remind the Hindoos continually ...
... gives birth to purity of manners , and produces lenity of laws * ! " The latter part of this panegyric is not ... give no additional security to the established authorities , and would serve only to remind the Hindoos continually ...
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... involving much of the dignity and comfort of mankind , ' Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume , Works , vol . iii . p . 4. Vide Note M. And we are weeds without it . All constraint , 101.
... involving much of the dignity and comfort of mankind , ' Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume , Works , vol . iii . p . 4. Vide Note M. And we are weeds without it . All constraint , 101.
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... give the chief governor , continually , a hold of their attachments , and a knowledge of their affairs . It is thus that the various judges would not only form a firm phalanx in support of law , of order , of sub- ordination ; but , by ...
... give the chief governor , continually , a hold of their attachments , and a knowledge of their affairs . It is thus that the various judges would not only form a firm phalanx in support of law , of order , of sub- ordination ; but , by ...
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Page 102 - Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of discovery ; and begets, In those that suffer it a sordid mind, Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form.
Page 175 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 217 - Support, and ornament of Virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace.
Page 217 - Flee also youthful lusts : but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Page 217 - But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes ; and the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves ; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth...
Page 176 - God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but have life everlasting.
Page 11 - But Heaven shall burst her starry gates again ! He comes ! dread Brama shakes the sunless sky With murmuring wrath, and thunders from on high, Heaven's fiery horse, beneath his warrior form, Paws the light clouds, and gallops on the storm ! Wide waves his flickering sword ; his bright arms glow Like summer suns and light the world below...
Page 9 - Animated with all the avarice of age and all the impetuosity of youth, they roll in one after another, wave after wave, and there is nothing before the eyes of the natives but an endless, hopeless prospect of new flights of birds of prey and passage, with appetites continually renewing for a food that is continually wasting.
Page 176 - The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth ; keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty...
Page 217 - And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; and that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him [Lucifer] at his [God's] will.