 | 1853 - 574 pages
...Government, Now, in the Friend of India, dated the 1st of April, will be found these words, ' No one has even attempted to contradict the fact that the condition...wretched and degraded as it is possible to conceive,' &c., &c." Now, it is very certain that if Mr. Bright had, as he said, a conversation with Mr. Marshman,... | |
 | 1853 - 580 pages
...Government, Now, in the Friend of India, dated the 1st of April, will be found these words, ' No one has even attempted to contradict the fact that the condition...wretched and degraded as it is possible to conceive,' &c., &c." Now, it is very certain that if Mr. Bright had, as he said, a conversation with Mr. Marshman,... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - 1862 - 416 pages
...and unable, in too many instances, to procure more than a single meal a-day for himself and family. The Bengal ryot knows nothing of the most ordinary...exaggeration when we affirm that if the real condition of those who raise the harvest, which yields between three and four millions ayear, was fully known, it... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - 1862 - 352 pages
...Mr. Marshman, who lived in Bengal for many years, and edited the ' Friend of India,' declares that " No one has ever attempted to contradict the fact that the condition of the Bengal peasant is almost as wretched and degraded as it is possible to conceive ; living in the most miserable... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - 1862 - 390 pages
...declares that " No one has ever attempted to contradict the fact that the condition of the Bengal pensant is almost as wretched and degraded as it is possible to conceive ; living in the most miserable hovel, scarcely fit for a dog-kennel, covered with tattered rags, and... | |
 | Robert Knight - 1866 - 144 pages
...Marshman, the former editor of the Friend of India, tells us that " the condition of the Bengal peasant (C is almost as wretched and degraded as it is possible to conceive ; living cc in the most miserable hovel, scarcely fit for a dog-kennel, covered with " tattered rags,... | |
 | John Bright - 1868 - 906 pages
...newspaper, the Friend of India, bearing the date ist April, 1852, the following statement appears:— 'No one has ever attempted to contradict the fact...almost as wretched and degraded as it is possible to conceive—living in the most miserable hovels, scarcely fit for a dog-kennel, covered with tattered... | |
 | John Bright - 1868 - 566 pages
...newspaper, the Friend of India, bearing the date 1st April, 1852, the following statement appears : — ' No one has ever attempted to contradict the fact that the condition of the Bengal peasantry is almost at wretched and degraded as it is possible to conceive — living in the most miserable hovels, scarcely... | |
 | John Bright - 1869 - 566 pages
...newspaper, the Friend of India, bearing the date 1st April, 1852, the following statement appears : — ' No one has ever attempted to contradict the fact that the condition of the Bengal peasantry u almost as wretched and degraded as it is possible to conceive — living in the most miserable hovels,... | |
 | John Bright - 1869 - 650 pages
...newspaper, the Friend of India, bearing the date 1st April, 1853, the following statement appears : — ' No one has ever attempted to contradict the fact that the condition of the7 Bengal peasantry is almost as wretched and degraded as it is possible to conceive — living in... | |
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No one has ever attempted to contradict the fact that the condition of the Bengal peasantry is almost as wretched and degraded as it is possible to conceive — living in the most miserable hovels, scarcely fit for a dog-kennel, covered with tattered... 
