Memoirs of the life of the Right Hon. Warren Hastings, first governor-general of Bengal, Том 2R. Bentley, 1841 |
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Страница 255 - I suffer beyond mea' sure by the present contest, and my spirits are, at times, so ' depressed as to affect my health. I feel an injury done me by ' a man for whom I have borne a sincere and steady friendship ' during more than thirty years, and to whose support I was, at ' one time, indebted for the safety of my fortune, honour and re' putation, with a ten-fold sensibility.
Страница 251 - any measures which the Governor-General shall " recommend for the prosecution of the war in which " we are supposed to be engaged with the Mahrattas, " or for the general support of the present political
Страница 274 - I am not Governor. All the means I possess are those of preventing the rule from falling into worse hands than my own, and for these I am an absolute dependent.
Страница 325 - In a single day he framed a new system of policy, renouncing his late favourite schemes, and contemplating only the altered state of public affairs. In his own words — " All my ' hopes of aggrandising the British name and enlarging the interests of the Company, gave instant place to the more urgent call to support the existence of both in the Carnatic ; nor did I hesitate a moment to abandon ' my own views for such an object. The Mahratta war has been, and is yet, called mine. God knows why. I...
Страница 35 - Had a cordial understanding subsisted between the Court and the Council, much of the inconvenience that has arisen from the writs of the Court would have been avoided nor would the revenue have been in the least affected by them ; but it seems to have been a maxim of the board to force the court into extremities for the purpose of finding fault with it.
Страница 137 - Oudh), who wanted neither pride nor understanding, would have thought it an honour to be called the Vizier of the King of England, and offered at one time to coin siccas in His Majesty's name.
Страница 515 - Portland, as First Lord of the Treasury ; Lord John Cavendish, Chancellor of the Exchequer ; Lord Stormont, President of the Council; Lord North and Mr.
Страница 136 - India, namely, to extend the influence of the British nation to every part of India not too remote from their possessions, without enlarging the circle of their defence or involving them in hazardous or indefinite engagements, and to accept the allegiance of such of our neighbours as shall sue to be enlisted among the friends and allies of the King of Great Britain.
Страница 329 - ... a system charged with expensive establishments, and precluded by the multitude of dependants and the curse of patronage, from reformation ; a government debilitated by the various habits of inveterate licentiousness. A country oppressed by private rapacity, and deprived of its vital resources by the enormous quantities of current specie annually exported in the remittance of private fortunes, in supplies sent to China, Fort St.
Страница 273 - Be assured," wrote the governor-general to one of the directors, " that the successful and steady progress of a part, and that known to be but a small part, of the military force of Bengal from the Jumna to Surat, has contributed more than, perhaps, our more splendid achievements to augment our military reputation, and to confirm the ascendant of our influence over all the powers of Hindustan. To them, as to ourselves, the attempt appeared astonishing and impracticable, because it had never before...