The Empire of IndiaPitman, 1913 - 393 páginas |
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... importance of the mystical side of life , and founded a religion which in the East still moves the hearts of millions of mankind , and in the West can please minds that find Christianity disappointing . Nor did the Indian genius of ...
... importance of the mystical side of life , and founded a religion which in the East still moves the hearts of millions of mankind , and in the West can please minds that find Christianity disappointing . Nor did the Indian genius of ...
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... importance . The most notable forest tree of the Irrawaddy valley is the teak , which attains fine proportions . The exports of teak from Rangoon are worth over a million pounds annually . They represent the only considerable busi- ness ...
... importance . The most notable forest tree of the Irrawaddy valley is the teak , which attains fine proportions . The exports of teak from Rangoon are worth over a million pounds annually . They represent the only considerable busi- ness ...
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... importance in the economy of the rice - growing districts of the Bengal delta and Assam , since they supply the inhabitants with the nitrogenous food which , in the drier parts of India , is derived from pulses . These do not flourish ...
... importance in the economy of the rice - growing districts of the Bengal delta and Assam , since they supply the inhabitants with the nitrogenous food which , in the drier parts of India , is derived from pulses . These do not flourish ...
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... importance has been by discoveries in industrial chemistry , it is still exported to the value of £ 250,000 . During the hot weather it occurs as an efflores- cence in parts of Bengal where , owing to density of popu- lation , the soil ...
... importance has been by discoveries in industrial chemistry , it is still exported to the value of £ 250,000 . During the hot weather it occurs as an efflores- cence in parts of Bengal where , owing to density of popu- lation , the soil ...
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... importance to India , but is only grown in this region . The Peninsula The upper portion of the peninsula , as far south as Nagpur , enjoys a cold season and may hope for some cold weather rain . Temperate crops - wheat and linseed- are ...
... importance to India , but is only grown in this region . The Peninsula The upper portion of the peninsula , as far south as Nagpur , enjoys a cold season and may hope for some cold weather rain . Temperate crops - wheat and linseed- are ...
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Página 8 - In each of the handbooks in this series a particular product or industry is treated by an expert writer and practical man of business. Beginning with the life history of the plant, or other natural product, he follows its development until it becomes a commercial commodity, and so on through the various phases of its sale in the market and its purchase by the consumer.
Página 260 - And whereas to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and policy of this nation...
Página 7 - Exceedingly well conceived, clearly expressed, and compiled with great care." — The Guardian. GENERAL WOLFE. By EDWARD SALMON. " A picture and an estimate of Wolfe which could not be more complete." — Canada. FRANCIS ATTERBURY, Bishop of Rochester (1662-1732). By the Very Rev. HC BEECHING, MA, Litt.D., Dean of Norwich. " A most delightful as well as a most valuable book.
Página 3 - THE LIFE OF SIR ISAAC PITMAN (Inventor of Phonography). By ALFRED BAKER. In demy 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt top, with about 50 illustrations, including photogravure and steel plates, 7s. 6d. " The book is very well done. It gives a life-like picture of a strenuous reformer, an original personality, an inventor to whom every newspaper, every public body, and every great business house owes an incalculable debt.
Página 8 - A capital addition to the many books devoted to the outdoor life."— World. CATS FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT. By Miss Frances Simpson. Third Edition. In crown 8vo, with 25 beautifully reproduced photographs of famous prize-winning cats. 2s. net. " The author explains that her object has been ' to help those who desire to combine pleasure with profit.' This aim is very successfully achieved.
Página 18 - Evangelists, so far as possible, in a chronological order, and to state the grounds of this order ; and to consider the difficulties as to matters of fact which the several narratives, when compared together, present ; or are supposed by modern criticism to present.
Página 279 - Council if he has been declared by the Local Government to be of such reputation and antecedents that his election would, in the opinion of the head of the Local Government, be contrary to the public interest.
Página 4 - Translated by DEAN PLUMPTRE. In two volumes. THE TRAGEDIES OF SOPHOCLES. Translated by DEAN PLUMPTRE. In two volumes. BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON. (Abridged.) With an Introduction by GK CHESTERTON. In two volumes. THE POETRY OF ROBERT BROWNING. By STOPFORD A. BROOKE, MA, LL.D. In two volumes. TENNYSON : HIS ART AND RELATION TO MODERN LIFE.
Página 22 - Times. SPAIN OF THE SPANISH. By Mrs. VILLIERS-WARDELL. " Within little more than 250 pages she has collected a mass of ordered information which must be simply invaluable to any one who wants to know the facts of Spanish life at the present day. Nowhere else, so far as we are aware, can a more complete and yet compendious account of modern Spain be found.