Lights and Shades of the East: Or a Study of the Life of Baboo Harrischander and Passing Thoughts on India and Its People, Their Present and FutureAlliance Press, 1863 - 385 Seiten |
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... look upon the Anglo - In- dian empire as an accident , something that will not last long ; and though events like the Mu- tinies of 1857 frequently give to that expres- PROPHECIES . 5 sion a significance it can never otherwise 4 LIGHTS ...
... look upon the Anglo - In- dian empire as an accident , something that will not last long ; and though events like the Mu- tinies of 1857 frequently give to that expres- PROPHECIES . 5 sion a significance it can never otherwise 4 LIGHTS ...
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... placed before the residence of a Baboo gentleman - a Calcutta mansion in Bhowaneepore , a mansion with a decent verandah and look - out ; with its THE CONTRAST . 17 spacious halls and tall stories , 16 LIGHTS AND SHADES .
... placed before the residence of a Baboo gentleman - a Calcutta mansion in Bhowaneepore , a mansion with a decent verandah and look - out ; with its THE CONTRAST . 17 spacious halls and tall stories , 16 LIGHTS AND SHADES .
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... look , whatever department of hu- man labour we search in , we invariably find that it is only the poverty - stricken who have achiev- ed success and renown . There is a just and adequate picture drawn of poverty in the " Con- suelo ...
... look , whatever department of hu- man labour we search in , we invariably find that it is only the poverty - stricken who have achiev- ed success and renown . There is a just and adequate picture drawn of poverty in the " Con- suelo ...
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... letters , placing on their tables some dusty volumes- useful , worthless , or pernicious- pernicious - just for the look of the thing ; and it is precisely the number and the size of these volumes that attract cus- tomers 9 *
... letters , placing on their tables some dusty volumes- useful , worthless , or pernicious- pernicious - just for the look of the thing ; and it is precisely the number and the size of these volumes that attract cus- tomers 9 *
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... look the weak points , or uphold the errors and prejudices of our character . Nothing could be more fatal ; for the Native character , when completely formed and ameliorated upon the Western model , will naturally command that high ...
... look the weak points , or uphold the errors and prejudices of our character . Nothing could be more fatal ; for the Native character , when completely formed and ameliorated upon the Western model , will naturally command that high ...
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Agra amelioration ancient Arabic Arian Baboo Harrischander Bengal Bengal Presidency Bombay Bombay Presidency boys British British India Calcutta Caucasian race character circumstances civilisation colleges colonisation colportage commenced countrymen David Hare destiny East educa Elphinstone Elphinstone College Elphinstone Institution empire energy England English education Englishmen enlightenment Europe European fact feeling female France future German Goddess of Poverty Government Gujarati Harris heart Hindoo honour human ignorance impart influence instruction intellectual intelligence knowledge labour language learning literature Lord Lord Macaulay Madras Mahomedan mankind mass means ment mind modern moral nation Native nature Negro ness never object Parsee passed patriot political poor position present Presidency progress race Rammohun Roy religion render rise Roman Sanskrit sion social spirit success talents taste teachers thought tion tribes utter vernacular Warren Hastings whole writer Young India Zoroaster