Quarterly Review, Volumen37,Tema 73John Murray, 1828 - 590 páginas |
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Página 132
... suttees as may have taken place , as of such as may have been prevented . The fourth head prohibits , as unautho- rized by the ... suttee , had hitherto been extremely imperfect , ' he considered that it was not advisable to introduce or ...
... suttees as may have taken place , as of such as may have been prevented . The fourth head prohibits , as unautho- rized by the ... suttee , had hitherto been extremely imperfect , ' he considered that it was not advisable to introduce or ...
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... Suttee . ' And the last resolutions of the Bombay government , on the same head , con- clude in these words : If there is the smallest risk of exciting , not the opposition alone , but the jealousy of the natives , it would be best at ...
... Suttee . ' And the last resolutions of the Bombay government , on the same head , con- clude in these words : If there is the smallest risk of exciting , not the opposition alone , but the jealousy of the natives , it would be best at ...
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... suttee , proceeds upon a more general principle . It is undoubt- edly the policy of our government to abstain from interference with the religious opinions and prejudices of the natives ; and it is , therefore , upon an intelligible ...
... suttee , proceeds upon a more general principle . It is undoubt- edly the policy of our government to abstain from interference with the religious opinions and prejudices of the natives ; and it is , therefore , upon an intelligible ...
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... suttees ; on which Mr. Elphinstone judiciously remarks , that such a course , in a Brahmin prince , was not liable to the same misrepresentations which , in a similar case , might be put upon our interference . * At Hydembast , where ...
... suttees ; on which Mr. Elphinstone judiciously remarks , that such a course , in a Brahmin prince , was not liable to the same misrepresentations which , in a similar case , might be put upon our interference . * At Hydembast , where ...
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