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Page 176 - Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Page 88 - The whole Booke of Psalmes, collected into English Metre by T. Sternhold, J. Hopkins, and others, conferred with the Ebrue, with apt Notes to sing them withall.
Page 81 - Directors, in any case (except where hostilities have actually been commenced, or preparations actually made for the commencement of hostilities against the British nation in India...
Page 114 - The ladies' society is by no means insipid or without interest; they are naturally gifted with good, sense and politeness, fond of conversation, shrewd in their remarks, and their language is both correct and refined. This, at first, was an enigma to me, considering that their lives are spent in seclusion, and that their education was not conducted on European principles; the mystery, however, has passed away upon an intimate acquaintance with the domestic habits of the people. The men with whom...
Page 200 - In many respects the Mahommedan surpassed our rule ; they settled in the countries which they conquered ; they intermixed and intermarried with the natives ; they admitted them to all privileges ; the interests and sympathies of the conquerors and conquered became identified. " Our policy, on the contrary, has been the reverse of this ; cold, selfish, and unfeeling ; the iron hand of power on the one side, monopoly and exclusion on the other.
Page 115 - Eade, are marked by all the amusements and indulgences they can possibly invent or enjoy, in their secluded state. Some receiving, others paying visits in covered conveyances ; all doing honour to the day by wearing their best jewellery and splendid dresses.
Page 201 - through the means of a quite safe and frequent communication between all India and England, that the natives of India in person will be enabled to bring their complaints and grievances before the authorities and the country...
Page 80 - Government may make or issue any order for commencing hostilities or levying war, or negotiate or conclude any treaty of peace or other treaty with any Indian prince or state (except in cases of sudden emergency or imminent danger when it...
Page 272 - She can do nothing well," says Jeffrey, "that requires to be done with formality, and therefore has not succeeded in copying either the concentrated force of weighty and deliberate reason, or the severe and solemn dignity of majestic virtue. To make amends, however, she represents admirably everything that is amiable, generous, and gentle.
Page 84 - India within their respective jurisdictions, all such crimes, offences and misdemeanors may be respectively inquired of, heard, tried and determined in his Majesty's Court of King's Bench, and all such persons so offending, and not having been before tried for the same offence in India, shall on conviction, in any such case as is not otherwise specially provided for by...