Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c17.s6.t1.6

v1.c17.s6.t1.6

But the hope is cherished, that the same generosity which formed those ties that snatched the Rajputs from degradation and impending destruction, will maintain the pledge given in the fever of success, “ that their independence should be sacred ” ; that it will palliate faults we may not overlook, and perpetuate this oasis of ancient rule, in the desert of destructive revolution, of races whose virtues are their own, and whose vices are the grafts of tyranny, conquest, and religious intolerance.¹