James ThomasonClarendon Press, 1893 - 215페이지 |
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... His view of the country is not cheering ; he says : — ' Conceive an immense plain on which are scattered thousands of villages ; a few principal towns without variety and a vast multitude of inhabitants ; when you have 30 JAMES THOMASON.
... His view of the country is not cheering ; he says : — ' Conceive an immense plain on which are scattered thousands of villages ; a few principal towns without variety and a vast multitude of inhabitants ; when you have 30 JAMES THOMASON.
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... says . There was squalor close to objects of the highest beauty . Nevertheless , these very scenes have since that time delighted European travellers , and furnished countless subjects for the pencil and the brush . At Benares if he had ...
... says . There was squalor close to objects of the highest beauty . Nevertheless , these very scenes have since that time delighted European travellers , and furnished countless subjects for the pencil and the brush . At Benares if he had ...
30 페이지
... His view of the country is not cheering ; he says : - ' Conceive an immense plain on which are scattered thousands of villages ; a few principal towns without variety and a vast multitude of inhabitants ; when you have 30 JAMES THOMASON.
... His view of the country is not cheering ; he says : - ' Conceive an immense plain on which are scattered thousands of villages ; a few principal towns without variety and a vast multitude of inhabitants ; when you have 30 JAMES THOMASON.
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... says . There was squalor close to objects of the highest beauty . Nevertheless , these very scenes have since that time delighted European travellers , and furnished countless subjects for the pencil and the brush . At Benares if he had ...
... says . There was squalor close to objects of the highest beauty . Nevertheless , these very scenes have since that time delighted European travellers , and furnished countless subjects for the pencil and the brush . At Benares if he had ...
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... Say I feel unworthy of the great love he has at all times honoured me with . Oh ! may his bow abide in strength . ' James Thomason receives at Calcutta the tidings of his bereavement . He addresses to his orphan sister Frances , still ...
... Say I feel unworthy of the great love he has at all times honoured me with . Oh ! may his bow abide in strength . ' James Thomason receives at Calcutta the tidings of his bereavement . He addresses to his orphan sister Frances , still ...
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administration admirable affairs afterwards Agra Allahábád Anglo-Indian appointed Aspeden authority Azamgarh beautiful became Benares Bengal Bengal Presidency Calcutta Cambridge career chapter Christian Church Civil College cultivated Dalhousie daughter death Delhi district officers Dornford duty East India Company effect Empire England English European father Governor Governor-General in Council Hardwár Himálayan Hindu Hindustán honour Indian history instruction interesting irrigation James Thomason Jumna labour land revenue land tax letters Lieutenant-Governor literary Little Shelford Lord Dalhousie Lord Hardinge Lord William Bentinck Major Ross Marquess ment mind Mughal Mughal Empire Native never North-Western Provinces northern India Owen Burne passages persons present proprietary right proprietors Punjab regarding Rulers of India Rúrki schools Secretary Settlement Simeon Sindhia Sir Charles Sir William Hunter sketch spirit style Tálukdár territories Thomas Thomason thought tion Village Communities volume Warren Hastings William Hunter writes young
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70 페이지 - The village communities are little republics, having nearly everything that they want within themselves, and almost independent of any foreign relations. They seem to last where nothing else lasts. Dynasty after dynasty tumbles down : revolution succeeds to revolution; Hindu, Pathan, Moghul, Mahratta, Sikh, English are masters in turn ; but the village communities remain the same...
136 페이지 - Parceners by particular custom are where lands descend, as in gavelkind, to all the males in equal degree as sons, brothers, uncles, etc. And, in either of these cases, all the parceners put together make but one heir, and have but one estate among them.
70 페이지 - They seem to last where nothing else lasts. Dynasty after dynasty tumbles down; revolution succeeds revolution; but the village community remains the same. This union of the village communities, each one forming a separate little state in itself, has, I conceive contributed more than any other cause to the preservation of the...
70 페이지 - In times of trouble they arm and fortify themselves : a hostile army passes through the country : the village communities collect their cattle within their walls, and let the enemy pass unprovoked.
172 페이지 - VICTORIA, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith; to all to whom these presents shall come greeting...
36 페이지 - My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise—- The son of parents passed into the skies!
107 페이지 - Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works ! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
70 페이지 - ... within their walls, and let the enemy pass unprovoked. If plunder and devastation be directed against themselves, and the force employed be irresistible, they flee to friendly villages at a distance ; but when the storm has passed over, they return and resume their occupations. If a country remain for a series of years the scene of continued pillage and massacre, so that the village cannot be inhabited, the scattered villagers nevertheless return whenever the power of peaceable possession revives...