Sketches of Rulers of India ...Clarendon Press, 1908 |
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administration Afghan Agra Akbar Albuquerque Alfred Lyall army Asoka Aurangzib Babar became Boigne Brahman British Buddhist capital Central India character chiefs chieftain Colonel Malleson command connexion conquest Darbar death Deccan Delhi districts dominions empire enemy English faith famous father Government Governor Haidar Haidar Ali Hindu Hindustan historian honour Humayun Islam Kabul Khan king kingdom known Lord Curzon Madhoji Madras Maharaja Mahratta Malwa ment military minister Mogul emperor Mogul empire Muhammadan Mysore Nana Farnavis Native Nizam nobles Ormuz OSWELL palace peace Persian Peshwa political officers Portugal Portuguese possession prince principles provinces Puna Punjab Raja Rajput Rajputana Ranjit Singh received recorded reign religion revenue rule ruler Samarcand says Scindia sent Shah Sikh Sir Alfred Lyall Sir David Barr Sir W. W. Hunter Sivaji soon sovereign succeeded success Sultan territories throne tion Tipu Tipu's took Treaty troops Viceroy writer
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Página 67 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Página 82 - Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth...
Página 15 - The crown of England stands forth the unquestioned ruler and paramount power in all India, and is, for the first time, brought face to face with its feudatories. There is a reality in the suzerainty of the sovereignty of England which has never existed before, and which is not only felt, but eagerly acknowledged, by the chiefs.
Página 137 - ... bands. The Indian people were becoming a masterless multitude swaying to and fro in the political storm and clinging to any power, natural or supernatural, that seemed likely to protect them. They were prepared to acquiesce in the assumption of authority by any one who could show himself able to discharge the most elementary functions of government in the preservation of life and property.
Página 96 - As I was fully assured of your honesty and fidelity, I left all important affairs of State in your charge, and thought only of my own pleasures. I have now determined to take the reins of government into my own hands, and it is desirable that you should now make the pilgrimage to Mecca, upon which you have been so long intent. A suitable jdgir out of the parganas of Hindustan shall be assigned for your maintenance, the revenues of which shall be transmitted to you by your agents.
Página 85 - When all hopes from medicine were over, and while several men of skill were talking to the emperor of the melancholy situation of his son, Abul Baka, a personage highly venerated for his knowledge and piety, remarked to Baber, that in such a case the Almighty had sometimes vouchsafed to receive the most valuable thing possessed by one friend, as an offering in exchange for the life of another.
Página 120 - Was it not incumbent upon my preceptor to make me acquainted with the distinguishing features of every nation of the earth ; its resources and strength ; its mode of warfare, its manners, religion, form of government, and wherein its interests principally consist ; and, by a regular course of historical reading, to render me familiar with the origin of States, their progress and decline ; the events, accidents, or errors, owing to which such great changes and mighty revolutions, have been effected...
Página 64 - ... resolve, and at the same time so warm and friendly, so very human, that it conquers one's admiring sympathy. The utter frankness and self-revelation, the unconscious portraiture of all his virtues and follies, his obvious truthfulness and fine sense of honour give the Memoirs of this prince of autobiographers an authority which is equal to their charm.
Página 136 - a great captain, and the only one who has had ' the magnanimity to raise a new kingdom, while I have ' been endeavouring to destroy the ancient sovereignties of ' India ; my armies have been employed against him for ' nineteen years, and, nevertheless, his state has been always
Página 64 - Memoirs are no rough soldier's chronicle of marches and countermarches, " saps, mines, blinds, gabions, palisadoes, ravelins, half-moons, and such trumpery "; they contain the personal impressions and acute reflections of a cultivated man of the world, well read in Eastern literature, a close and curious observer, quick in perception, a discerning judge of persons, and a devoted lover of nature— one, moreover, who was well able to express his thoughts and observations in clear and vigorous language.