Lord Clive: The Foundation of British Rule in IndiaT. Fisher Unwin, 1899 - 318 страница |
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... afterwards , Clive asked him to try the pistol , when the other suc- ceeded in firing it . Thereupon Clive said , ' Surely I must be reserved for something great , for I have twice fired that pistol at my head , and it would not go off ...
... afterwards , Clive asked him to try the pistol , when the other suc- ceeded in firing it . Thereupon Clive said , ' Surely I must be reserved for something great , for I have twice fired that pistol at my head , and it would not go off ...
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... afterwards willingly alluded to the behaviour of the latter at the card table . ' He has given me my life , ' he said , and though I am resolved on never paying money which was unfairly won , or again associating with him , I shall ...
... afterwards willingly alluded to the behaviour of the latter at the card table . ' He has given me my life , ' he said , and though I am resolved on never paying money which was unfairly won , or again associating with him , I shall ...
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... commander , Lawrence , referring afterwards to Clive's conduct in the Dévikota campaign , described it in the following terms , ' His early genius surprised and engaged my attention as well before as at the LORD CLIVE 15.
... commander , Lawrence , referring afterwards to Clive's conduct in the Dévikota campaign , described it in the following terms , ' His early genius surprised and engaged my attention as well before as at the LORD CLIVE 15.
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... afterwards , Clive , having been per- manently transferred to the military service , was promoted to the rank of captain , and was sent for the third time to Trichinopoly in charge of another small reinforcement . He had , it would seem ...
... afterwards , Clive , having been per- manently transferred to the military service , was promoted to the rank of captain , and was sent for the third time to Trichinopoly in charge of another small reinforcement . He had , it would seem ...
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... afterwards a similar dispute arose regarding the Nawabship of the Carnatic , at that time held by Anwárud dín Khán , whose claim was contested by Chandá Sahib , son - in- law of the former Nawáb . Mirzapha Jung , having determined to ...
... afterwards a similar dispute arose regarding the Nawabship of the Carnatic , at that time held by Anwárud dín Khán , whose claim was contested by Chandá Sahib , son - in- law of the former Nawáb . Mirzapha Jung , having determined to ...
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Страница 316 - That Robert Lord Clive did at the same time render " great and meritorious services to his country.
Страница 139 - The servants of the Company obtained — not for their employers, but for themselves — a monopoly of almost the whole internal trade. They forced the natives to buy dear and sell cheap.
Страница 211 - I can call my own except my paternal fortune of £$OO per annum, and which has been in the family for ages past. But upon this I am content to live, and perhaps I shall find more real content of mind and happiness therein than in the trembling affluence of an unsettled fortune.
Страница 115 - I observe, in some measure engaged the public attention ; but much more may yet in time be done, if the Company will exert themselves in the manner the importance of their present possessions and future prospects deserves. I have represented to them in the strongest terms the expediency of sending out and keeping up constantly such a force as will enable them to embrace the first opportunity of further aggrandizing themselves ; and I dare pronounce, from a thorough knowledge of this country government...
Страница 295 - I have not anything left which I can call my own except my paternal fortune of £,500 per annum, and which has been in the family for ages past.
Страница 295 - My defence will be heard at that bar ; but before I sit down, I have one request to make to the House, — that, when they come to decide upon my honour, they will not forget their own.
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Страница 198 - Commons for leave to bring in a bill " for the better regulation of the affairs of the East India Company and of their servants in India, and for the due administration of justice in Bengal.
Страница 75 - I feel the greatest anxiety at the little intelligence I receive from Mfr Jafar, and if he is not treacherous, his sangfroid or want of strength will, I fear, overset the expedition. I am trying a last effort by means of a Brahmin to prevail upon him to march out and join us.
Страница 295 - But to be called, after sixteen years have elapsed, to account for my conduct in this manner, and after an uninterrupted enjoyment of my property, to be questioned and considered as obtaining it unwarrantably, is hard indeed ! and a treatment I should not think the British Senate capable of.