The Calcutta Review, Volume 14University of Calcutta, 1850 |
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Page 7
... once obtained , the work was done . There were no men of real influence about the court ; few , who had influ- ence even among the soldiery ; and none , who could influence the country . Once thoroughly broken , there was no one , who ...
... once obtained , the work was done . There were no men of real influence about the court ; few , who had influ- ence even among the soldiery ; and none , who could influence the country . Once thoroughly broken , there was no one , who ...
Page 25
... once what has taken the most able men many years to obtain any insight into . At the same time , no steps were taken to record or define existing rights , which must ever be the first duty of Government in a newly ac- quired country ...
... once what has taken the most able men many years to obtain any insight into . At the same time , no steps were taken to record or define existing rights , which must ever be the first duty of Government in a newly ac- quired country ...
Page 43
... once disabused of their error by the mere dictum of foreigners , who differed from them in religion and social feelings . But it behoved the Government to take the lead , and to use its power , rather than its influence , to stop the ...
... once disabused of their error by the mere dictum of foreigners , who differed from them in religion and social feelings . But it behoved the Government to take the lead , and to use its power , rather than its influence , to stop the ...
Page 51
... once the Hippocrene of our Eastern tale- tellers . They drank their inspiration there . " I dont care one lump of sugar for my poetry , " said Lord Byron ; " but for my costume and my correctness - on those points I will combat lustily ...
... once the Hippocrene of our Eastern tale- tellers . They drank their inspiration there . " I dont care one lump of sugar for my poetry , " said Lord Byron ; " but for my costume and my correctness - on those points I will combat lustily ...
Page 88
... once to adopt Mr. Neison's law of mortality as the basis of their operations . His tables shew that , for the last septennial period of the present century , there has been a far greater average of deaths , than in any other preced- ing ...
... once to adopt Mr. Neison's law of mortality as the basis of their operations . His tables shew that , for the last septennial period of the present century , there has been a far greater average of deaths , than in any other preced- ing ...
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