The Contemporary Review, Volume 32A. Strahan, 1878 |
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... than a century their power began to decline , and by 1640 nearly all their ports and forts were wrested from them . Bassein was taken from them by the Marathas in 1765 , and only Goa , Diu , and 30 THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW .
... than a century their power began to decline , and by 1640 nearly all their ports and forts were wrested from them . Bassein was taken from them by the Marathas in 1765 , and only Goa , Diu , and 30 THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW .
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... taken up by the English . Not that any such conception had as yet really taken hold of the East India Company at home , whose sole aim continued to be money , and not war or political supremacy . Nor did the idea at once enter the minds ...
... taken up by the English . Not that any such conception had as yet really taken hold of the East India Company at home , whose sole aim continued to be money , and not war or political supremacy . Nor did the idea at once enter the minds ...
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... taken by us before they were subjugated . The treaty of Bassein , by which the Peshwa ( Bāji Rão II . ) engaged to receive a British subsi- diary force , and to pay for its maintenance , ended the first war , and broke up the Maratha ...
... taken by us before they were subjugated . The treaty of Bassein , by which the Peshwa ( Bāji Rão II . ) engaged to receive a British subsi- diary force , and to pay for its maintenance , ended the first war , and broke up the Maratha ...
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... taken ; and the enumeration of 1872-73 , which gave the enormous result of 240 millions for the whole of India , inclusive of the native States , disclosed that the official estimates had been wrong as regards Lower Bengal alone , by ...
... taken ; and the enumeration of 1872-73 , which gave the enormous result of 240 millions for the whole of India , inclusive of the native States , disclosed that the official estimates had been wrong as regards Lower Bengal alone , by ...
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... taken to prevent or alleviate famines ? Are sanitary arrangements promoted everywhere ? In time of pestilence and scarcity are the sick and starving properly cared for ? Are there abundant hospitals and dispensaries ? Is there any ...
... taken to prevent or alleviate famines ? Are sanitary arrangements promoted everywhere ? In time of pestilence and scarcity are the sick and starving properly cared for ? Are there abundant hospitals and dispensaries ? Is there any ...
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Page 140 - And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 15 and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Page 200 - And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Page 567 - For we are saved by hope : but hope that is seen is not hope : for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
Page 140 - And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood ; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Page 240 - The other shape, If shape it might be call'd, that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell And shook a dreadful dart; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Page 240 - The one seemed woman to the waist, and fair, But ended foul in many a scaly fold, Voluminous and vast — a serpent armed With mortal sting.
Page 672 - For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
Page 140 - I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Page 619 - Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
Page 417 - The importance of female education in India cannot be over-rated ; and we have observed with pleasure the evidence which is now afforded of an increased desire on the part of many of the natives of India to give a good education to their daughters. By this means a far greater proportional impulse is imparted to the educational and moral tone of the people than by the education of men.