The History of British India, Part 36Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1820 - Hindus |
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... sent out in the ships of the Company ; partly of deserters from the other European nations settled in India , French , Dutch , and Portuguese ; and partly , at least at Bombay and Surat , of Topasses , or persons whom we may deno ...
... sent out in the ships of the Company ; partly of deserters from the other European nations settled in India , French , Dutch , and Portuguese ; and partly , at least at Bombay and Surat , of Topasses , or persons whom we may deno ...
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... sent to him from Pondicherry , with the most pressing solicitations to hasten to its protection . The islands , at which unusual scarcity prevailed , were deprived of almost every requisite for the equipment of the ships ; and their ...
... sent to him from Pondicherry , with the most pressing solicitations to hasten to its protection . The islands , at which unusual scarcity prevailed , were deprived of almost every requisite for the equipment of the ships ; and their ...
Page 58
... sent him to sea ; and he made several voyages to the Indies and America . He soon imbibed the taste of his occupation , and , de- siring to pursue the line of maritime commerce , his father recommended him to the East India Company ...
... sent him to sea ; and he made several voyages to the Indies and America . He soon imbibed the taste of his occupation , and , de- siring to pursue the line of maritime commerce , his father recommended him to the East India Company ...
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... sent a detachment from Ma- dras into the Nabob's territory , in hopes to withdraw him to its defence . The French troops disgraced themselves by the barbarity of their ravages ; but the Indian army remained at Fort St. David , and the ...
... sent a detachment from Ma- dras into the Nabob's territory , in hopes to withdraw him to its defence . The French troops disgraced themselves by the barbarity of their ravages ; but the Indian army remained at Fort St. David , and the ...
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... sent to Fort St. David to solicit as- sistance from the English . The arrival of Mirzapha Jung , the defeat of An'war ad dien , which happened when they were engaged in the attack of Tanjore , and the apprehended schemes of Dupleix ...
... sent to Fort St. David to solicit as- sistance from the English . The arrival of Mirzapha Jung , the defeat of An'war ad dien , which happened when they were engaged in the attack of Tanjore , and the apprehended schemes of Dupleix ...
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Page 53 - I do not trust to Mr. Francis's promises of candour, convinced that he is incapable of it. I judge of his public conduct by his private, which I have found to be void of truth and honour.
Page 422 - I hope I shall not depart from the simplicity of official language in saying, the majesty of justice ought to be approached with solicitation, not descend to provoke or invite it, much less to debase itself by the suggestion of wrongs, and the promise of redress, with the denunciation of punishments before trial, and even before accusation.
Page 148 - Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the Bankrupt Laws ; and i This and the two preceding motions were lost by large majorities.
Page 292 - I have been surprised to meet with several English flags flying in places which I have passed; and on the river I do not believe that I passed a boat without one.
Page 300 - The conduct of the Company's servants upon this occasion," says James Mill in his History of British India, " furnishes one of the most remarkable instances upon record of the power of interest to extinguish all sense of justice, and even of shame.
Page 514 - AGRA. the emperor flings himself into the hands of the Mahrattas, or any other power, we are disengaged from him, and it may open a fair opportunity of withholding the twenty-six lacs of rupees we now pay him.
Page 386 - Under the Sanction of a Soubah every encroachment that may be attempted by Foreign Powers can effectually be crushed without any apparent Interposition of our own Authority ; and all real Grievances complained of by them, can, through the same channel, be examined into and redressed. Be it therefore always remembered that there is a...
Page 461 - The Nazims exacted what they could from the Zemindars, and great Farmers of the Revenue, whom they left at Liberty to plunder all below them reserving to themselves the Prerogative of Plundering them in their Turn, when they were supposed to have enriched themselves with the Spoils of the country.
Page 462 - to stand forth as Diwan and by the agency of the Company's servants to take upon themselves the entire care and management of the revenues."!
Page 359 - To go farther, is in my opinion, a scheme so extravagantly ambitious and absurd, that no Governor and Council in their senses can ever adopt it, unless the whole system of the Company's interest be first entirely new modelled.