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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... Considerations - Plans detailed , · Page 165 2. Advantages possessed by the British in India for diffusing the Light of the Gospel throughout other Eastern Countries - Encouraging Circumstances in the State of the Neighbouring Nations ...
... Considerations - Plans detailed , · Page 165 2. Advantages possessed by the British in India for diffusing the Light of the Gospel throughout other Eastern Countries - Encouraging Circumstances in the State of the Neighbouring Nations ...
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... considerations urge the proposed investigation . The Additional honour , the interests , and the security of the British empire are deeply involved . By the act of incorporation the van Rights of our quished Hindoos have a ...
... considerations urge the proposed investigation . The Additional honour , the interests , and the security of the British empire are deeply involved . By the act of incorporation the van Rights of our quished Hindoos have a ...
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... consideration is there , most interesting to us as men , as Britons , as Christians , which does not stimulate us to inquire , What are the best means of civilising the sub- jects of the British empire in India ; and of diffusing the ...
... consideration is there , most interesting to us as men , as Britons , as Christians , which does not stimulate us to inquire , What are the best means of civilising the sub- jects of the British empire in India ; and of diffusing the ...
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... consideration of the former , we shall be naturally led up to the investigation of the latter , which will carry our views forward to the last and best state of our world and of our race , when , according to the intimation of holy writ ...
... consideration of the former , we shall be naturally led up to the investigation of the latter , which will carry our views forward to the last and best state of our world and of our race , when , according to the intimation of holy writ ...
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... consideration . An elegant and well - informed historian has attempted to prove , by a long and argumentative induction of facts , that " the inha- bitants of India were not only more early civilised , but had made greater progress in ...
... consideration . An elegant and well - informed historian has attempted to prove , by a long and argumentative induction of facts , that " the inha- bitants of India were not only more early civilised , but had made greater progress in ...
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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.