The Calcutta Review, Volume 14University of Calcutta, 1850 |
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... measures eagerly upheld by a superior , though they see them to be practically pernicious . Some are cal- lous , or with blind devotion play the game of " follow my leader " others , foreseeing the results , either deem it be- yond ...
... measures eagerly upheld by a superior , though they see them to be practically pernicious . Some are cal- lous , or with blind devotion play the game of " follow my leader " others , foreseeing the results , either deem it be- yond ...
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... measures is dignified by the name of pru- dence and thus , under the garb of that virtue , stalk forth pusillanimity , cringing , adulation , and inconsistency . But for- tunately the public at large does not rest satisfied with the ...
... measures is dignified by the name of pru- dence and thus , under the garb of that virtue , stalk forth pusillanimity , cringing , adulation , and inconsistency . But for- tunately the public at large does not rest satisfied with the ...
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... measure , emanating from the new Government , was politic and just , or the reverse - but whether Napier had , or had not , forced the Amírs to a war : for such , on fair reasoning , appears to be the pith of the celebrated controversy ...
... measure , emanating from the new Government , was politic and just , or the reverse - but whether Napier had , or had not , forced the Amírs to a war : for such , on fair reasoning , appears to be the pith of the celebrated controversy ...
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... measure conducive to their final downfall , yet acted beneficially in some respects on the cultivating portion of their subjects : for undue exactions and overbearing imposts on the part of any Amír led to desertion from the territory ...
... measure conducive to their final downfall , yet acted beneficially in some respects on the cultivating portion of their subjects : for undue exactions and overbearing imposts on the part of any Amír led to desertion from the territory ...
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... measures were demanded , with a stern disregard of all theoretical experiment , or pre - conceived prejudices . As might be expected therefore , the first measures taken by the two Govern- ments were entirely different . From the state ...
... measures were demanded , with a stern disregard of all theoretical experiment , or pre - conceived prejudices . As might be expected therefore , the first measures taken by the two Govern- ments were entirely different . From the state ...
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