The British Empire Series: India, Ceylon, Straits Settlements, British North Borneo, Hong-KongK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 |
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... interests contained in this vast subject , and has far ex- ceeded the original limit . It is , however , hoped that the wider public to which the articles now appeal will be as sympathetic as the original audiences . WM . SHEOWRING ...
... interests contained in this vast subject , and has far ex- ceeded the original limit . It is , however , hoped that the wider public to which the articles now appeal will be as sympathetic as the original audiences . WM . SHEOWRING ...
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... interest in the work that stands immediately before him . In details that call for close and continued attention he is more patient and precise than ordinary The answer is to be found still more in his tolerance , his aloofness , and ...
... interest in the work that stands immediately before him . In details that call for close and continued attention he is more patient and precise than ordinary The answer is to be found still more in his tolerance , his aloofness , and ...
Page xi
... interest which these excite in the men who have actually to carry on the work of government in that country . The essays , though somewhat unequal in range and grasp , are all animated with first - hand knowledge and observation . They ...
... interest which these excite in the men who have actually to carry on the work of government in that country . The essays , though somewhat unequal in range and grasp , are all animated with first - hand knowledge and observation . They ...
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... interests and activities . This deity they know is often harsh and inexorable , yet they feel it is most moral when most pitiless : it brings home to them the penalties of sinking to a lower plane of self - respect and prevision . Those ...
... interests and activities . This deity they know is often harsh and inexorable , yet they feel it is most moral when most pitiless : it brings home to them the penalties of sinking to a lower plane of self - respect and prevision . Those ...
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... interests and traditions grow up to bind the jarring elements in a new organisation . In no way have the people of India gained more by the British rule than in mutual tolerance imposed on the adherents of different creeds . The flames ...
... interests and traditions grow up to bind the jarring elements in a new organisation . In no way have the people of India gained more by the British rule than in mutual tolerance imposed on the adherents of different creeds . The flames ...
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