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" 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... "
Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 17
by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860
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The American Eclectic, Volume 3

1842 - 654 pages
...The physical organization of the Bengalee is feeble even to effeminacy. He lives in a constant vapor bath. His pursuits are sedentary, his limbs delicate,...qualities to which his constitution and his situation ore equally unfavorable. His mind bears a singular analogy to his body. It is weak even to helplessness,...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 4

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...to other Bengalees. The physical organisation of the Bengalee is feeble even to effeminacy. He lives in a constant vapour bath. His pursuits are sedentary,...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...
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Scenes and characters from the writings of Thomas Babington Macaulay. To ...

Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...The physical organisation of the Bengalee is feeble even to effeminacy. He lives in a constant vapor bath. His pursuits are sedentary, his limbs delicate,...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...
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The British and Foreign Evangelical Review, Volume 6

1857 - 992 pages
...observation : — " The physical organisation of the Bengali is feeble even to effeminacy. He lives in a constant vapour bath. His pursuits are sedentary,...movements languid. During many ages he has been trampled on by men of bolder and more hardy breeds. Courage, independence, veracity, are qualities to which...
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Bengal as a Field of Missions, Part 26

Macleod Wylie - 1854 - 410 pages
...Hindustan, he says, " The physical organization of the Bengali is feeble even to effeminacy. He lives in a constant vapour bath. His pursuits are sedentary,...movements languid. During many ages he has been trampled on by men of bolder and more hardy breeds. Courage, independence, veracity, are qualities to which...
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Histoire de la littérature anglaise: Les contemporains

Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1864 - 516 pages
...to other Bengalees. The physical organisation of the Bengalee is feeble even to effeminacy. He lives in a constant vapour bath. His pursuits are sedentary,...upon by men of bolder and more hardy breeds. Courage, independance, veracity are qualities to which his constitution and his situation are equally unfavourable....
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Histoire de la littérature anglaise, Volume 4

Hippolyte Taine - 1864 - 514 pages
...to other Bengalets. The physical organisation of the Bengalee is feeble even to effeminacy. He lives in a constant vapour bath. His pursuits are sedentary,...many ages he has been trampled upon by men of bolder ani more hardy breeds. Courage, independance, veracity are qualities to which his constitution and...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 93

1867 - 894 pages
...other Bengalees. The physical organization of the Bengalee is fee ole even to effeminacy. He lives in a constant vapour bath. His pursuits are sedentary,...veracity, are qualities to which his constitution and hie situation are equally unfavourable. Hu mind bears a singular analogy to his body. It if weak even...
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Histoire de la littérature anglaise, Volume 5

Hippolyte Taine - 1869 - 498 pages
...many ages he has been trampled upon dy men of bolder and more hardy breeds. Courage, independance, veracity are qualities to which his constitution and his situation are equally unfavourable. His mind hears a singular analogy to his Loi) y. It is weak even to helplessness for purposes ol manly resistance;...
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Our New Way Round the World

Charles Carleton Coffin - 1869 - 556 pages
...physical organization of the Bengalee is feeble even to effeminacy. He lives in a constant vapor-bath. His pursuits are sedentary, his limbs delicate, his movements languid. During many years he has been trampled upon by men of bolder and more hardy breeds. Courage, independence, veracity,...
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