History of the British Possessions in the East Indies, Τόμος 2Whittaker & Company, 1837 |
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... important transactions with other states , and whatever is done in England , may be said to be mainly done by the Board of Commis- sioners . Considering the multifarious nature of the Company's relations and transactions , it is to be ...
... important transactions with other states , and whatever is done in England , may be said to be mainly done by the Board of Commis- sioners . Considering the multifarious nature of the Company's relations and transactions , it is to be ...
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... importance are generally read to the court at length . The despatches , when read or laid before the court , are considered under reference to the respective committees , and the officers whose duty it is to prepare answers take the ...
... importance are generally read to the court at length . The despatches , when read or laid before the court , are considered under reference to the respective committees , and the officers whose duty it is to prepare answers take the ...
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... important rights of sovereignty , such as declaring war , making peace , 1 I believe there is now no Commissioner , the Board con- sisting of the President and Secretaries . - R . M. M. , Aug. 1837 . framing treaties , to a certain ...
... important rights of sovereignty , such as declaring war , making peace , 1 I believe there is now no Commissioner , the Board con- sisting of the President and Secretaries . - R . M. M. , Aug. 1837 . framing treaties , to a certain ...
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... important measures in contemplation , but containing summary narratives of all the proceedings of the respective ... importance of the ruling authorities there acting with promptitude and de- cision , and adopting their measures , on ...
... important measures in contemplation , but containing summary narratives of all the proceedings of the respective ... importance of the ruling authorities there acting with promptitude and de- cision , and adopting their measures , on ...
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... importance : - RISE , PROGRESS , AND CHARACTER OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF INDIA 1 . - Though Bombay was the first possession which the English obtained in the East , the establishment on that island was , for a very long period , on too ...
... importance : - RISE , PROGRESS , AND CHARACTER OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF INDIA 1 . - Though Bombay was the first possession which the English obtained in the East , the establishment on that island was , for a very long period , on too ...
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Acbar Adawlut Agra amount ancient army artillery Asiatic Researches average battalion Benares Bengal Bengal presidency Board of Control Bombay boys Brahmins British India Calcutta capital capital punishment Captain Cawnpore cent charges Chinsurah Christians churches civil Colonel command committee Company's corps council Court of Directors crime cultivation Cuttack death Decrease Delhi despatches district ditto duties East India Company England English establishment Europe European officers evidence before Parliament executed Fund Governor grain Hindoo horse idol Jain judges land language Lord Madras Mahomedan Mahratta Malwa ment Mhow miles military missionaries mohur native cavalry observed offences opium Patna period Persian person population possession present presidency proportion proprietors provinces punishment Purânas rank regiment revenue road rupees Sanscrit schools sent Sentences sepoys Serampore servants sicca rupees Society soldiers subadar Sudder Syrian temple territories tion Total Vedas village Vishnu worship Zemindars Zillah
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Σελίδα 315 - Father, who wouldest not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live...
Σελίδα 121 - This union of the village communities, each one forming a separate little state in itself, has, I conceive, contributed more than any other cause to the preservation of the people of India, through all the revolutions and changes which they have suffered, and is in a high degree conducive to their happiness and to the enjoyment of a great portion of freedom and independence.
Σελίδα 203 - ... and that no graven image, statue or sculpture, carving, painting, picture, portrait or the likeness of anything shall be admitted within the said messuages, building land, tenements, hereditaments and premises and that no sacrifice, offering or oblation of any kind or thing shall ever be permitted therein...
Σελίδα 120 - Sikh, English, are all masters in turn; but the village communities remain the same. In times of trouble they arm and fortify themselves: a hostile army passes through the country: the village communities collect their cattle within their walls, and let the enemy pass unprovoked.
Σελίδα 70 - Regiment on this occasion not only drove back the enemy who had made a sally to attack the trenches, but effected a lodgment, and planted its colours on one of the bastions of the fort. Unfortunately this work was cut off by a deep ditch from the body of the place ; and after the attack had failed, the...
Σελίδα 35 - Clive, have been given by an eloquent and faithful historian ;* but he has not informed us of one occurrence that took place, and which, as it illustrates the character of the Indian soldiers, well merited to be preserved. When provisions were very low, the Hindoo sepoys entreated their commander to allow them to boil the rice (the only food left) for the whole garrison.
Σελίδα 245 - Purana treats of five subjects, — the creation of the universe : its progress, and the renovation of worlds ; the genealogy of gods and heroes ; chronology, according to a fabulous system ; and heroic history, containing the achievements of demigods and heroes. Since each Purana contains a cosmogony, both mythological and heroic history, they may not unaptly be compared to the Grecian theogonies.
Σελίδα 120 - If .plunder and devastation be directed against themselves and the force employed be irresistible, they flee to friendly villages at a distance, but when the storm has passed over they return and resume their occupations. If a country remain for a series of years the scene of continued pillage and massacre, so that the village cannot be inhabited, the scattered villagers nevertheless return whenever the power of peaceable possession revives.
Σελίδα 203 - ... to be used occupied enjoyed applied and appropriated as and for a place of public meeting of all sorts and descriptions of people without distinction as shall behave and conduct themselves in an orderly sober religious and devout manner for the worship and adoration of the . i Eternal Unsearchable and Immutable Being who is the Author and Preserver of the Universe...
Σελίδα 308 - But to say that the Hindoos or Mussulmans are deficient in any essential feature of a civilized people, is an assertion which I can scarcely suppose to be made by any who have lived with them. Their manners are at least as pleasing and courteous as those in the corresponding stations of life among ourselves...