 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 17by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860Full view - About this book
 | William Joseph Wilkins - 1887 - 548 pages
...WarrenHastings,. writes : " The physical organization of the Bengali is feeble even to effeminacy. . . . His pursuits are sedentary, his limbs delicate, his...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... | |
 | Sir John Strachey - 1888 - 458 pages
...physical organisation of the Bengalee is feeble even to effeminacy. He lives in a constant vapour-bath. His pursuits are sedentary, his limbs delicate, his...trampled upon by men of bolder and more hardy breeds. . . . His mind bears a singular analogy to his body. It is weak even to helplessness for purposes of... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams, Author of The Mediterranean illustrated - 1888 - 458 pages
...physical organisation of the Bengalee is feeble even to effeminacy. He lives in a constant vapour-bath. His pursuits are sedentary, his limbs delicate, his...trampled upon by men of bolder and more hardy breeds. . . . His mind bears a singular analogy to his body. It is weak even to helplessness for purposes of... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 420 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,...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 432 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,...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 934 pages
...other Bengalees. The physical organisation of the Bengalee is feeble even to effeminacy. lie lives x 0 0 0 anil more hardy breeds. Courage, independence, veracity, are qualities to which his constitution and... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 344 pages
...other Bengalees. The physical organisation of the Bengalee is feeble even to effeminacy. He lives in 15 a constant vapour bath. His pursuits are sedentary,...delicate, his movements languid. During many ages he Jhas been trampled upon by men of bolder and more hardy breeds. Courage, independence, veracity, are... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1893 - 260 pages
...to other Bengalees. The physical organization of the Bengalee is feeble even to effeminacy. He lives in a constant vapour bath. His pursuits are sedentary,...veracity, are qualities to which his constitution 10 and his situation are equally unfavourable. His mind bears a singular analogy to his body. It is... | |
 | Henry Austin - 1893 - 1082 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,...languid. During many ages he has been trampled upon bv men of bolder and more hardy breeds. Courage, independence, and veracity, are qualities to which... | |
 | Charles H. Otken - 1894 - 298 pages
...carved and clipped. A lie dares not reveal itself. The Bengalee on the Lower Ganges typifies the tribe. "Courage, independence, veracity, are qualities to...which his constitution and his situation are equally unfavorable. What the horns are to the buffalo, what the paw is to the tiger, what the sting is to... | |
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