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" Our conquest there, after twenty years, is as crude as it was the first day. The natives scarcely know what it is to see the grey head of an Englishman. Young men (boys almost) govern there, without society and without sympathy with the natives. "
The Oriental herald and colonial review [ed. by J.S. Buckingham]. - Page 31
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Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most ..., Volume 3

Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 pages
...it is our friendship: our conquest there, after twenty years, is as crude as it was the first day. The natives scarcely know what it is to see the grey head of an Englishman. Young men (boys ahuost) govern there without sooiety, and without sympathy with the natives. They have no more social...
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High Birth: A Satire Addressed to a Young Nobleman, in Imitation of the ...

High birth - 1821 - 48 pages
...mischievous; but it is our protection that destroys India. It was their enmity, but it is our friendship. Young men (boys almost) govern there without society, and without sympathy with the natives. Animated with all the avarice of age, and all the impetuosity of youth, they roll in, one after another,...
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Oriental Herald and Colonial Review, Volume 21

James Silk Buckingham - Great Britain - 1829 - 654 pages
...England. ' Our conquest there,' says Burke, ' after twenty years, is as crude as it was the first day. The Natives scarcely know what it is to see the grey head of an Englishman. Young men, almost boys, govern there without society and without sympathy with the Natives : they have no more...
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The Oriental Herald, Volume 21

Christianity - 1829 - 666 pages
...England. ' Our conquest there,' says Burke, ' after twenty years, is as crude as it was the first day. The Natives scarcely know what it is to see the grey head of an Englishman. Young men, almost boys, govern there without society and without sympathy with the Natives : they have no more...
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The Works of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke: With a Biographical and ..., Volume 1

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 744 pages
...it is our friendship. Oar conquest there, after twenty years, is as crude as it was the first day. The natives scarcely know what it is to see the grey...there, without society, and without sympathy with the native. They have no more social habits with the people, than if they still resided in England ; nor,...
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The Works of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke: With a Biographical and ..., Volume 1

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1837 - 744 pages
...it is our friendship. Our conquest there, after twenty years, is as crude as it was the first day. and subordinate connexion with us. -^' First, Sir, permit me to observe, that native. They liave no more social habits with the people, than if they still resided in England ; nor,...
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The Satires of Juvenal and Persius: From the Texts of Ruperti and Orellius ...

Juvenal - Verse satire, Latin - 1839 - 570 pages
...mischievous ; but it is our protection that destroys India. It was their enmity, but it is our friendship. Young men (boys almost) govern there without society, and without sympathy, with the natives. Animated with all the avarice of age, and all the impetuosity of youth, they roll in, one after another,...
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Lives of illustrious ... Irishmen, ed. by J. Wills, Volume 5, Part 2

Irishman - 1844 - 254 pages
...would convey infamy. The following representation is the forcible portraiture of Mr Burke himself. " The natives scarcely know what it is to see the grey...men (boys almost,) govern there without society, and almost without sympathy with the natives. They have no more social habits with the people than if they...
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The Wisdom and Genius of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke: Illustrated in a ...

Peter Burke - Politicians - 1845 - 490 pages
...it is our friendship. Our conquest there, after twenty years, is as .crude as it was the first day. The natives scarcely know what it is to see the grey...there, without society, and without sympathy with the native. They have no more social habits with the people, than if they still resided in England ; nor,...
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The New quarterly review, and digest of current literature, Volume 2

1853 - 582 pages
...1st of July 1853. " Our conquest there, after twenty years, is " as crude as it was the first day. The natives " scarcely know what it is to see the...without society and without " sympathy with the natives. Every rupee of " profit made by an Englishman is lost for ever " to India. With us arc, no tributary...
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