 The physical organization of the Bengalee is feeble even to effeminacy. He lives in a constant vapour bath. His pursuits are sedentary, his limbs delicate, his movements languid. During many ages he has been trampled upon by men of bolder and more hardy...  Cassell's illustrated history of India - Page 148by James Grant - 1883Full view - About this book
 | Francis Augustus Cox - 1842 - 464 pages
...many ages, he has been trampled upon by men of bolder and more hardy breeds. Courage, independence, veracity, are qualities to which his constitution...suppleness and its tact move the children of sterner climates to admiration, not unmingled with contempt. All those arts which are the natural defence of... | |
 | 1842 - 654 pages
...independence, veracity, are qualities to which his constitution and his situation ore equally unfavorable. His mind bears a singular analogy to his body. It...suppleness and its tact move the children of sterner climates to admiration not unmingled with contempt. All those arts which are the natural defence of... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...many ages he has been trampled upon by men of bolder and more hearty breeds. Courage, independence, veracity, are qualities to which his constitution...suppleness and its tact move the children of sterner climates to admiration not unmingled with contempt. All those arts which are the natural defence of... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...many ages he has been trampled upon by men of bolder and more hearty breeds. Courage, independence, veracity, are qualities to which his constitution and his situation are equally unfavorable. His mind bears a singular analogy to his body. It is weak even to helplessness, for purposes... | |
 | 1857 - 992 pages
...During many ages he has been trampled on by men of bolder and more hardy breeds. Courage, independence, veracity, are qualities to which his constitution...suppleness and its tact move the children of sterner climates to admiration, not unmingled with contempt All those arts, which are the natural defence of... | |
 | Macleod Wylie - 1854 - 410 pages
...independence, veracity, are qualities to which his constitution and his situation are equally unfavorable. His mind bears a singular analogy to his body. It...suppleness and its tact move the children of sterner climates to admiration, not unmingled with contempt. All those arts which are the natural defence of... | |
 | Macleod Wylie - 1854 - 412 pages
...During many ages he has been trampled on by men of bolder and more hardy breeds. Courage, independence, veracity, are qualities to which his constitution and his situation are equally unfavorable. His mind bears a singular analogy to his body. It is weak even to helplessness for purposes... | |
 | 1855 - 802 pages
...many ages, he has been trampled upon by men of bolder and more hardy breeds. Courage, independence, veracity, are qualities to which his constitution...to his body. It is weak even to helplessness, for the purposes of manly resistance ; but its suppleness and its tact move the children of sterner climates... | |
 | Norman Chevers - 1856 - 628 pages
...Abstemiousness, in some respects more rigorous than that of a western hermit, in a life of inloximind bears a singular analogy to his body. It is weak,...suppleness and its tact move the children of sterner climates to admiration, not unmingled with contempt. All those arts which are the natural defence of... | |
 | 1856 - 590 pages
...falschood, no faith, no constancy, no shame, no belief in the existence of justice." (Mackintosh.) his body. It is weak, even to helplessness, for purposes of manly resistance, but its suppleness and tact move the children of sterner climates to admiration, not unmingled with contempt. All those arts... | |
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