"A few petty Rajahs were lured by better appointments to conversion, but the people clung to their pagodas; some preac…"

"The mechanic or artificer will work only to the measure of his necessities. He dreads to be distinguished. If he beco…"

"The Tartars are known amongst themselves to be of honest and simple manners; and if at times fierce and cruel, they c…"

"We find...amongst the Moors, the ceremonies of outward manners carried to a more refined pitch than in any other part…"

"The texture of the human frame in India, seems to bear proportion with the rigidity of the northern monsoon, as that …"

"Water is the only drink of every Indian respectable enough to be admitted into their assemblies of public worship, as…"

"Hasdrubal had led his close order cavalry in a devastatingly brutal charge against the Roman right wing, shattering a…"

"Most battles from the Ancient World are now all but forgotten, for military as well as civil education has ceased to …"

"It was very difficult to disable an opponent with a single blow; either a heavy strike to the head, a massive thrust …"

"The Roman legion was supposed to operate with wide gaps between its maniples and significant intervals between each o…"