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Page 48 - We ought," wrote La Bourdonnais on his side, "to regard one another as equally interested in the progress of events, and to work in concert. For my part, Sir, I devote myself to you beforehand, and I swear to you a perfect confidence.
Page 160 - If there is much that is wonderful, much that is bold and daring, much political genius in this idea, it must be admitted that the honour of having inaugurated it belongs to Dupleix, and that England, which in the present day reaps from it the profit and the glory, has had but to follow the paths which the genius of France opened out to her.
Page 160 - But the effect of his schemes survived him, the ground he had so well watered and fertilized, the capabilities of which he had proved, was almost immediately after his departure occupied by his rivals, with the immense result which is one of the wonders of the present day.
Page 32 - Ali, besides the territory referred to, sent him the armour of his deceased father, richly adorned with gold and precious stones, together with three elephants, several horses, many swords and jewelled weapons, and a letter of honour.
Page 160 - Yes, indeed! Now that the lapse of nearly a century and a half has cleared away the passions and prejudices of that exciting period: now that from the basis of accomplished facts we can examine the ideas and conceptions of the men who were the pioneers of European conquest on Indian soil, there lives not a candid Englishman who will deny to Dupleix the credit of having been the first to devise the method by which European predominance on Indian soil might be established. His work did not endure because...
Page 16 - ... great deal, he set sail in 1673 for Marseilles. He had already passed the straits of Gibraltar when he learned from a stray vessel the real intentions of the French government regarding him. He at once altered his course and proceeded towards Lisbon. But on entering the harbour the ship struck on a rock, and almost immediately foundered. The only survivor of the disaster was one of the sons of Caron. In the expeditions undertaken against Ceylon and St.
Page 110 - ... warranted success. This young man's early genius surprised and engaged my attention as well before as at the siege of Devicotta, where he behaved in courage and judgment much beyond what could be expected from his years, and his success afterwards confirmed what I had said to many people concerning him.
Page 165 - My services are treated as fables ; my demand is denounced as ridiculous ; I am treated as the vilest of mankind. I am in the most deplorable indigence ; the little property that remained to me has been seized. I am compelled to ask for decrees for delay in order not to be dragged into prison.
Page 133 - But their names still remain, and will ever remain, to posterity as examples of the enormous value, in a struggle with adversity, of a dominant mind directed by a resolute 'will.