Sketches of Rulers of India ...Clarendon Press, 1908 |
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... occasion of great Hindu festivals ? This entirely suited the Brah- man hierarchy . The material progress of the British aroused no jealousy . But a change came in the year 1813 , the first year of the rule of the Marquess of Hastings ...
... occasion of great Hindu festivals ? This entirely suited the Brah- man hierarchy . The material progress of the British aroused no jealousy . But a change came in the year 1813 , the first year of the rule of the Marquess of Hastings ...
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... occasion of his recent great speech in connexion with the new Newspaper Act , is reported to have said : ' It was , I believe , the Duke of Wellington who said he had spent the best part of his life in trying to know what was going on ...
... occasion of his recent great speech in connexion with the new Newspaper Act , is reported to have said : ' It was , I believe , the Duke of Wellington who said he had spent the best part of his life in trying to know what was going on ...
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... occasion during the American Campaign , he gave out as the order of the day , ' As soon as our gallant and generous enemy are seen to advance in great numbers , the troops are to receive them with three huzzas , and then to be perfectly ...
... occasion during the American Campaign , he gave out as the order of the day , ' As soon as our gallant and generous enemy are seen to advance in great numbers , the troops are to receive them with three huzzas , and then to be perfectly ...
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... occasions . He still , however , held certain offices , such as that of Vice - Treasurer of Ireland , an office the duties of which were performed by deputy , and that of Constable of the Tower of London . In 1770 for some reason or ...
... occasions . He still , however , held certain offices , such as that of Vice - Treasurer of Ireland , an office the duties of which were performed by deputy , and that of Constable of the Tower of London . In 1770 for some reason or ...
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... occasions it would not be wise to place great dependence upon their countrymen who compose the native regiments , to secure their subjection . ' And what he wrote in 1787 is equally applicable to the conditions prevailing in 1908 , when ...
... occasions it would not be wise to place great dependence upon their countrymen who compose the native regiments , to secure their subjection . ' And what he wrote in 1787 is equally applicable to the conditions prevailing in 1908 , when ...
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administration affairs Afghan Afghanistan afterwards appointment Arakan Army Bengal Brahman Brahman hierarchy British Government British rule Burmese Calcutta campaign career character chiefs Clive command commenced Company connexion Court of Directors Delhi distinguished dominion Dupleix duty East effect Empire England English European force France French frontier Governor Governor-General Governor-General of India Hindu historian honour influence Kabul King Lady Amherst Lord Amherst Lord Auckland Lord Cornwallis Lord Hardinge Lord Minto Lord William Bentinck Macnaghten Madras Maharaja Mahratta Marquess of Hastings Marquess Wellesley matter ment military minister mission Mogul Mutiny Mysore Native Nawab Nipal occasion operations Oriental OSWELL Oudh peace person Peshwa political practically princes Province Punjab Raja recorded reform regiment Rulers of India Scindia Sepoys settlement Shah Shuja Sikh Sindh Singh Sir Alfred Lyall Sir Henry Hardinge Sir John Kaye territory tion Tipu took Treaty troops Wellesley's writer wrote
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Página 146 - Council is of opinion that the great object of the British Government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science among the natives of India; and that all the funds appropriated for the purpose of education would be best employed on English education alone.
Página 15 - Victoria, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Colonies and Dependencies thereof in Europe, Asia, Africa, America, and Australasia, Queen, Defender of the Faith. " Whereas for divers weighty reasons, we have resolved, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in Parliament assembled, to take upon ourselves the government of the territories in India, heretofore administered in trust...
Página 40 - Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown And put a barren sceptre in my gripe, Thence to be wrench'd with an unlineal hand, No son of mine succeeding.
Página 28 - ... the French skirmished within reach of the artillery, the deep bass roared up, and the men, who dared not whisper before, could shout at one another without rebuke. Louder again, as our artillery came into range. All the air was tortured with concussion. Charles would have given ten years of his life to know what was going on on the other side of the hill.
Página 14 - To withdraw our Government from a country which is dependent on it, and which we have made incapable of depending upon anything else, would be the most inexcusable of all conceivable crimes and might possibly cause the most stupendous of all conceivable calamities.
Página 46 - I think it must be universally admitted that, without a large and well-regulated body of Europeans, our hold of these valuable dominions must be very insecure. It cannot be expected that even the best of treatment would constantly conciliate the willing obedience of so vast a body of people, differing from ourselves in almost every circumstance of laws...
Página 42 - But I can assure you, upon my honour, that I neither asked for it nor wished for it. The reasonable object of ambition to a man is to have his name transmitted to posterity for eminent services rendered to his country and to mankind. Nobody asks or cares whether Hampden, Marlborough, Pelham, or Wolfe were Knights of the Garter.
Página 170 - I trust that the Dost will be treated with liberality. His case has been compared to that of Shah Soojah; and I have seen it argued that he should not be treated more handsomely than his Majesty was; but surely the cases are not parallel. The Shah had no claim upon us. We had no hand in depriving him of his kingdom, whereas we ejected the Dost, who never offended us, in support of our policy, of which he was the victim.
Página 154 - India with eminent prudence, integrity, and benevolence ; who, placed at the head of a great empire, never laid aside the simplicity and moderation of a private citizen ; who infused into Oriental despotism the spirit of British freedom ; who never forgot that the end of government is the...
Página 41 - I get on horseback just as the dawn of day begins to appear, ride on the same road and the same distance, pass the whole forenoon after my return from riding in doing business, and almost exactly the same portion of time every day at table, drive out in a phaeton...