Empire in Asia, how We Came by it: A Book of ConfessionsTrübner, 1872 - 426 pages |
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... dominion , in Asia , seemed likely to be realised . The English , for a time , lagged slowly in the race of gain and glory . They had come last , and they stood long at disad- vantage . Civil dissensions and the want of a strong 2 ...
... dominion , in Asia , seemed likely to be realised . The English , for a time , lagged slowly in the race of gain and glory . They had come last , and they stood long at disad- vantage . Civil dissensions and the want of a strong 2 ...
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... dominion , in Asia , seemed likely to be realised . The English , for a time , lagged slowly in the race of gain and glory . They had come last , and they stood long at disad- 3 vantage . Civil dissensions and the want of a 2 EMPIRE IN ...
... dominion , in Asia , seemed likely to be realised . The English , for a time , lagged slowly in the race of gain and glory . They had come last , and they stood long at disad- 3 vantage . Civil dissensions and the want of a 2 EMPIRE IN ...
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... dominions that they should be suffered to remain for their purposes of encroach- ment . They were driven from Surat ; Bombay was be- sieged ; and possession was taken of their factories at Visi- gapatam , and other places ; but they had ...
... dominions that they should be suffered to remain for their purposes of encroach- ment . They were driven from Surat ; Bombay was be- sieged ; and possession was taken of their factories at Visi- gapatam , and other places ; but they had ...
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... dominion . The experience which had been lost upon the Padishah in their recent conflict with him was not thrown away on them . In 1699 they persuaded him to grant them liberty to found several new factories , and to erect forts beside ...
... dominion . The experience which had been lost upon the Padishah in their recent conflict with him was not thrown away on them . In 1699 they persuaded him to grant them liberty to found several new factories , and to erect forts beside ...
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... dominions of Aurung- zebe were visibly beginning to decay . As in the depen- dencies of Spain under Philip II . , the infatuation of prose- lytism had tended only to work the disintegration of the scattered realm . In Bengal especially ...
... dominions of Aurung- zebe were visibly beginning to decay . As in the depen- dencies of Spain under Philip II . , the infatuation of prose- lytism had tended only to work the disintegration of the scattered realm . In Bengal especially ...
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administration affairs allies army Asia authority Baramahal Benares Bengal British Burke Calcutta Chandernagore chap chief Clive command Company Company's conquest Council Court declared Delhi Despatch Dewanny dignity Directors districts dominions duty East empire enemies engaged England English European favour Francis French friends Government Governor Governor-General hands Hindu Hindustan Holkar honour House Hyder Hyder Ali imperial India Jaffir justice Khan lacs of rupees land letter Lord Cornwallis Lord Wellesley Lord William Bentinck Madras Mahrattas ment Metcalfe military Minister Mogul Moorshedabad Munro Mysore native Nawab neighbours never Nizam Nuncomar Omichund Parliament peace Peishwa Pitt political possession princes provinces Rajah refused regarded Resident restored revenue Rohillas rule ruler Ryots Scindia sent servants settlement Sikhs Singh Soubahdar subsidiary force suffered territory thought tion Tippoo trade treaty troops Viceroy Vizier Warren Hastings wrote Zemindars
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Page 360 - We desire no extension of Our present territorial Possessions ; and while We will permit no aggression upon Our Dominions or Our Rights to be attempted with impunity, We shall sanction no encroachment on those of others. We shall respect the Rights, Dignity, and Honour of Native Princes as Our own; and We desire that they, as well as Our own Subjects, should enjoy that Prosperity and that social Advancement which can only be secured by internal Peace and good Government.
Page 265 - The consequence, therefore, of the conquest of India by the British arms would be in place of raising to debase the whole people. There is perhaps no example of any conquest in which the Natives have been so completely excluded from all share of the government of their country as in British India.
Page 203 - You cannot imagine me to be indifferent to the transactions which have passed between you and the enemies of my country nor does it appear necessary or proper that I should any longer conceal from you the surprise and concern with which I perceived you disposed to involve yourself in all the ruinous consequences of a connection, which threatens not only to subvert the foundations of friendship between you and the Company, but to introduce into the heart of your kingdom the principles of anarchy and...
Page 227 - The subsidiary force will, at all times, be ready to execute services of importance, such as the protection of the person • of His Highness, his heirs, and successors, the overawing and chastisement of rebels, or exciters of disturbance in His Highness...
Page 124 - Carnatic an everlasting monument of vengeance ; and to put perpetual desolation as a barrier between him and those against whom the faith which holds the moral elements of the world together, was no protection.
Page 360 - East India Company are by us accepted, and will be scrupulously maintained, and we look for the like observance on their part. We desire no extension of our present territorial possessions ; and while we will permit no aggression upon our dominions or our rights to be attempted with impunity, we shall sanction no encroachment on those of others. We shall respect the rights, dignity, and honour of native princes as our own...
Page 226 - Company, hereby declares that the British Government will never permit any power or State whatever to commit with impunity any act of unprovoked hostility or aggression against the rights...
Page 113 - ... be observed auctioneering ambassadors and trading generals ; — and thus we saw a revolution brought about by affidavits ; an army employed in executing an arrest ; a town besieged on a note of hand ; a prince dethroned for the balance of an account. Thus it was they exhibited a government which united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre and the little traffic of a merchant's counting-house, wielding a truncheon with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other.
Page 360 - Now, therefore, we do by these presents notify and declare that, by the advice and consent aforesaid, we have taken upon ourselves the said government; and we hereby call upon all our subjects within the said territories to be faithful, and to bear true allegiance to us, our heirs and successors...