The History of British India, Том 2Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1817 - 777 страници |
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... immediately entered into a correspondence with the Moors to detach them from the English ; and , at the same time , meditated the capture of Cuddalore by surprise . On the night of the 10th of January , 500 men were embarked in boats ...
... immediately entered into a correspondence with the Moors to detach them from the English ; and , at the same time , meditated the capture of Cuddalore by surprise . On the night of the 10th of January , 500 men were embarked in boats ...
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... immediately accountable to the nabobs of Carnatic ; and , like other Zemindars , frequently required the terror of an army to make them pay their arrears . In the year 1736 the Rajah of Trichinopoly died , and the sover eignty passed ...
... immediately accountable to the nabobs of Carnatic ; and , like other Zemindars , frequently required the terror of an army to make them pay their arrears . In the year 1736 the Rajah of Trichinopoly died , and the sover eignty passed ...
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... immediately into the quarrels of some contending Rajahs , whose dominions lay inland between the coast of Malabar and Carnatic , with a view to increase his followers , and collect treasure ; and he was already at the head of 6000 men ...
... immediately into the quarrels of some contending Rajahs , whose dominions lay inland between the coast of Malabar and Carnatic , with a view to increase his followers , and collect treasure ; and he was already at the head of 6000 men ...
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... immediately advanced towards An'war ad dien , whom on the 3d of August , 1749 , they found encamped under the fort of Amboor , fifty miles west from Arcot . The French offered to storm the entrenchment ; and though twice beaten back ...
... immediately advanced towards An'war ad dien , whom on the 3d of August , 1749 , they found encamped under the fort of Amboor , fifty miles west from Arcot . The French offered to storm the entrenchment ; and though twice beaten back ...
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... immediately to inform the Commander at Gingee of the conclusion of the treaty and to prevent further hostilities , but that his letter arrived not till after the revolution was performed . 1751 . the French . Mirzapha Jung was now freed ...
... immediately to inform the Commander at Gingee of the conclusion of the treaty and to prevent further hostilities , but that his letter arrived not till after the revolution was performed . 1751 . the French . Mirzapha Jung was now freed ...
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Страница 238 - ... the vast fortunes acquired in the inland trade have been obtained by a scene of the most tyrannic and oppressive conduct that ever was known in any age or country.
Страница 237 - Upon my arrival, I am sorry to say, I found your affairs in a condition so nearly desperate as would have alarmed any set of men whose sense of honour and duty to their employers had not been estranged by the too eager pursuit of their own immediate advantages.
Страница 310 - 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."!
Страница 258 - 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...
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Страница 99 - 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.
Страница 4 - Company has been an oligarchy, in fact. So far from meddling too much, the Court of Proprietors have not attended to the common affairs even sufficiently for the business of inspection: And the known principles of human nature abundantly secured that unfortunate result. To watch, to scrutinize, to inquire, is labour, and labour is pain. To confide, to take for granted that all is well, is easy, is exempt from labour, and, to the great mass of mankind, comparatively delightful. On all ordinary occasions,...
Страница 240 - 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.
Страница 216 - Your deliberations on the inland trade have laid open to us a scene of most cruel oppression; the poor of the country, who used always to deal in salt, beetlenut, and tobacco, are now deprived of their daily bread by the trade of the Europeans.