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 WorldW. Blackwood, 1805 - 242 páginas |
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... conducting military enterprises on a large scale , and acquiring , from time to time , as the result of these new adventures , an immense accession of territory . The world saw a singular and a splendid spectacle . In the his- tory of ...
... conducting military enterprises on a large scale , and acquiring , from time to time , as the result of these new adventures , an immense accession of territory . The world saw a singular and a splendid spectacle . In the his- tory of ...
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... conduct of the various classes of the community . How then , by the arrangements of civil polity , by the exertions of a wise administration , may the greatest proportion of happiness be distributed throughout this vast and populous ...
... conduct of the various classes of the community . How then , by the arrangements of civil polity , by the exertions of a wise administration , may the greatest proportion of happiness be distributed throughout this vast and populous ...
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... conducted to Hindostan by land , or conveyed thither by sea . Thus , flourishing as are the affairs of the Company at pre- sent , splendid as are the prospects of aggrandisement now rising to view , if they depend upon force alone 42.
... conducted to Hindostan by land , or conveyed thither by sea . Thus , flourishing as are the affairs of the Company at pre- sent , splendid as are the prospects of aggrandisement now rising to view , if they depend upon force alone 42.
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... conduct , but as their birth- right inheritance , as the capricious allotment of human laws . Than this , what can be conceived more arbitrary and un- natural ; more unjust or impolitic ? It is even unfriendly to those classes whom it ...
... conduct , but as their birth- right inheritance , as the capricious allotment of human laws . Than this , what can be conceived more arbitrary and un- natural ; more unjust or impolitic ? It is even unfriendly to those classes whom it ...
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... conduct armies in war , or administer the affairs of govern- ment in peace . He ought to possess , in an uncommon de- gree , those enlarged and accurate views of the science of government , of the philosophy of human nature , of ...
... conduct armies in war , or administer the affairs of govern- ment in peace . He ought to possess , in an uncommon de- gree , those enlarged and accurate views of the science of government , of the philosophy of human nature , of ...
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Página 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.
Página 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?
Página 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.
Página 217 - Flee also youthful lusts : but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.