Rise and Progress of the British Power in India, 2권

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W. H. Allen & Company, 1837 - 4페이지
 

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217 페이지 - I had early intelligence of his situation, but the night was so bad, and my horses so much fatigued, that I could not move. After a most anxious night I marched in the morning, and met the King of the World with his army, about five thousand horse, at a village called Conahgull, about six miles from hence.
23 페이지 - And whereas to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India, are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour and policy of this nation...
173 페이지 - If,' say they, after referring to the remonstrances of the Council at Madras, ' if we thought it proper to enter with you into any discussion of the policy of our late orders, we might refer you to the records of your own government, which furnish more than one example of the fatal consequences of neglecting to keep pace with the forwardness of the enemy's equipments, and of resting the defence of the Carnatic, in such a crisis as the present, on any other security than a state of early and active...
351 페이지 - I fear my poor friend Monson is gone. Whatever _ may have been his fate, or whatever the result of his misfortunes to my own fame, I will endeavour to shield his character from obloquy, nor will I attempt the mean purpose of sacrificing his reputation to save mine. His former services and his zeal entitle him to indulgence ; and however I may lament or suffer for his errors, I will not reproach his memory if he be lost, or his character, if he survive.
222 페이지 - ... both, or worse, have been the occasion of my being banished, like General Kray, to my estate in Hungary. I did not look, and did not wish, for the appointment which was given to me; and I say that it would probably have been more proper to give it to somebody else ; but when it was given to me, and a circular written to the governments upon the subject, it would have been fair to allow me to hold it till I did something to deserve to lose it.
446 페이지 - ... on this single occasion violated, as if for the express purpose of deepening my disgrace. Whatever have been my errors, they surely have not merited a punishment than which a heavier could hardly have been awarded to the most wretched incapacity, or the most criminal negligence. Under these circumstances I present myself to your notice. I take it for granted that the Court of Directors have been misinformed, and that to place the question before them in its true light, is to obtain redress. I...
221 페이지 - I was at the top of the tree in this country ; the governments of Fort St, George and Bombay, which I had served, placed unlimited confidence in me, and I had received from both strong and repeated marks of their approbation.. Before I quitted the Mysore country, I arranged the plan for taking possession of the ceded districts, which was done without striking a blow ; and another plan for conquering Wynaad and reconquering Malabar, which I am informed has succeeded without loss on our side. But this...
448 페이지 - Government they yielded with regret to imperious circumstances; so though they have the pleasure to find the charges originally advanced against the conduct of the Governor and Commander-in-Chief, respecting the violations of caste, to have been in the sense then attached to them, misapplied and defective, also in general vigilance and intelligence, yet that as the misfortunes which happened in their administration placed their fate under the government of public events and opinions which the Court...
608 페이지 - ... existing establishments; to encourage the diffusion of education and useful knowledge ; and to advance the general prosperity and happiness of the British empire in India. This invitation is addressed to all native gentlemen, landholders, merchants, and others; to all Europeans, both in and out of the service, including that useful and respectable body of men, the indigo planters, who from their uninterrupted residence in the Mofussil, have peculiar opportunities of forming an opinion upon some...
102 페이지 - Adalat, which was henceforth to be composed of the Governor-General and members of the Supreme Council, assisted by the Chief Kazi of the Province and two Muftis, was again removed from Murshidabad to Calcutta. It was to be the duty of these Indian officials to meet at least three times a week to consider the Persian copy of the proceedings in all trials referred from the District...

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