Calcutta Monthly Journal and General Register ...1838 |
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Page 114
... Government , without the sanction of the Government of China . ' This dissatisfaction , it is apprehended , in- volves a doubt , whether the pacification may not have been on such terms , as to transfer the allegiance of Nepaul from the ...
... Government , without the sanction of the Government of China . ' This dissatisfaction , it is apprehended , in- volves a doubt , whether the pacification may not have been on such terms , as to transfer the allegiance of Nepaul from the ...
Page 114
... Government could , with confidence , recur which they make to the merchants at Canton for upon all matters of dispute arising between it corroboration of the assertion they had advan- and the Nepaulese , we should be relieved from ced ...
... Government could , with confidence , recur which they make to the merchants at Canton for upon all matters of dispute arising between it corroboration of the assertion they had advan- and the Nepaulese , we should be relieved from ced ...
Page 114
... Government , it was restrained as re - ficant , the usurpation of authority was not . gards the latter alone in respect to English- men in India , not Government servants , who thus , while they could not and pretended not to govern ...
... Government , it was restrained as re - ficant , the usurpation of authority was not . gards the latter alone in respect to English- men in India , not Government servants , who thus , while they could not and pretended not to govern ...
Page 114
... Government has legislated vilely on the subject of the sudder aumeens and their 5,000 rupees jurisdiction ; let them now come forward and give the public the benefit of the united wisdom of the commissioners sitting on banco , with a ...
... Government has legislated vilely on the subject of the sudder aumeens and their 5,000 rupees jurisdiction ; let them now come forward and give the public the benefit of the united wisdom of the commissioners sitting on banco , with a ...
Page 114
... Government , whose servant Here again allusion is made to the belief he is , the losing party , whether he really of the public in regard to purity of the ad- believe it or not , will very frequently pretend ministrators of justice ...
... Government , whose servant Here again allusion is made to the belief he is , the losing party , whether he really of the public in regard to purity of the ad- believe it or not , will very frequently pretend ministrators of justice ...
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Page 290 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.
Page 279 - Let her continue till death forgiving all injuries, performing harsh duties, avoiding every sensual pleasure, and cheerfully practising the incomparable rules of virtue, which have been followed by such women, as were devoted to one only husband.
Page 238 - ... prevent them from acting as they choose towards the fifty millions, that the press is altogether supported by the five hundred and has no motive to plead the cause of the fifty millions. We know that India cannot have a free Government. But she may have the next best thing — a firm and impartial despotism.
Page 237 - That distinction seems to indicate a notion that the natives of India may well put up with something less than justice, or that Englishmen in India have a title to something more than justice.
Page 114 - We delight in long sentences, in which a great truth, instead of being broken up into numerous periods, is spread out in its full proportions, is irradiated with variety of illustration and imagery, is set forth in a splendid affluence of language, and flows like a full stream, with a majestic harmony which fills at once the ear and the soul.
Page 114 - My conceit of his person was never increased towards him by his place or honours ; but I have and do reverence him, for the greatness that was only proper to himself, in that he seemed to me ever, by his work, one of the greatest men, and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed that God would give him strength ; for greatness he could not want.
Page 114 - Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
Page 237 - Adalat is this- — that it is the court which we have provided to administer justice in the last resort to the great body of the people. If it is not fit for that purpose, it ought to be made so. If it is fit to administer justice to the body of the people, why should we exempt a mere handful of settlers from its jurisdiction?
Page 253 - The expenses of litigation in England are so heavy, that people daily sit down quietly under wrongs, and submit to losses rather than go to law; and yet the English are the richest people in the world. The people of India are poor ; and the expenses of litigation in the Supreme Court are five times as great as the expenses of litigation at Westminster. An undefended cause, which might be prosecuted...
Page 130 - ... shall think proper to command them by proclamation to disperse, if they contemn his orders and continue together for one hour afterwards, such contempt shall be felony without benefit of clergy.