The Calcutta Review, Volume 14University of Calcutta, 1850 |
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Page 34
... fact one seldom heard their names mentioned , un- accompanied by some epithet of abuse . Bad as the men might be , justice required that they should be tried by a competent tribunal , or jury . The sentences were exorbitant . They were ...
... fact one seldom heard their names mentioned , un- accompanied by some epithet of abuse . Bad as the men might be , justice required that they should be tried by a competent tribunal , or jury . The sentences were exorbitant . They were ...
Page 37
... fact in Scinde , that although less evil resulted than might have been expected - yet that the Police in the villages did commit many overbearing acts ; that men were kept in the stocks , were sent as prisoners long distances to the ...
... fact in Scinde , that although less evil resulted than might have been expected - yet that the Police in the villages did commit many overbearing acts ; that men were kept in the stocks , were sent as prisoners long distances to the ...
Page 44
... fact of their being almost universally farmed out to contractors , who abuse their trust . The taxes in Scinde were of three kinds - 1st , " Sharshumair ; " this was not ( as its name imports ) a poll - tax ( counting of heads ) , but ...
... fact of their being almost universally farmed out to contractors , who abuse their trust . The taxes in Scinde were of three kinds - 1st , " Sharshumair ; " this was not ( as its name imports ) a poll - tax ( counting of heads ) , but ...
Page 47
... fact , the diary was a good means of testing the qualifications of differ- ent officers , by shewing their attention to their duties and to minute details : but it was , and could be , no real check . At length , in October , 1847 , Sir ...
... fact , the diary was a good means of testing the qualifications of differ- ent officers , by shewing their attention to their duties and to minute details : but it was , and could be , no real check . At length , in October , 1847 , Sir ...
Page 51
... fact and little fable . Southey is dead and Moore is dying , perhaps , e'en now , in grave - yard lying . Scant , therefore , are the streams that flow , from the great spring of D'Herbelot.t It would be something to review Kehama on ...
... fact and little fable . Southey is dead and Moore is dying , perhaps , e'en now , in grave - yard lying . Scant , therefore , are the streams that flow , from the great spring of D'Herbelot.t It would be something to review Kehama on ...
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