Calcutta Review, Volume 29University of Calcutta., 1857 |
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... character may be excellent . The chief , and perhaps the only object in such cases , is to deter him by punishment from a repetition of 6 6 Appendix , No. 31 . ( the offence . The persons whose reformation of character 28 INDIAN JAIL ...
... character may be excellent . The chief , and perhaps the only object in such cases , is to deter him by punishment from a repetition of 6 6 Appendix , No. 31 . ( the offence . The persons whose reformation of character 28 INDIAN JAIL ...
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... character under the extreme pressure of des- titution and hunger , in the like position , would not only be with- out effect on himself , but also on others , who would be rather tempted to pity the poor creature , whilst he would be in ...
... character under the extreme pressure of des- titution and hunger , in the like position , would not only be with- out effect on himself , but also on others , who would be rather tempted to pity the poor creature , whilst he would be in ...
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... character of the natives of this country leads us to this belief , a conviction which scarcely requires proof in tabulated returns . It follows then as a natural consequence of this conclusion , that we are wasting time and flinging ...
... character of the natives of this country leads us to this belief , a conviction which scarcely requires proof in tabulated returns . It follows then as a natural consequence of this conclusion , that we are wasting time and flinging ...
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... character . Every new idea you can instil into the mind of the poorest ryot , every improved process you can intro- duce amongst the most abject class of toilers on the soil , at the loom or at the forge , will prove the germ of after ...
... character . Every new idea you can instil into the mind of the poorest ryot , every improved process you can intro- duce amongst the most abject class of toilers on the soil , at the loom or at the forge , will prove the germ of after ...
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... an intelligent traveller , to see the great objects for which the country has been cele- brated . He came not to study our military supremacy and the character of our civil rule ; or to shew how BAYARD TAYLOR'S INDIA , CHINA AND JAPAN . 35.
... an intelligent traveller , to see the great objects for which the country has been cele- brated . He came not to study our military supremacy and the character of our civil rule ; or to shew how BAYARD TAYLOR'S INDIA , CHINA AND JAPAN . 35.
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