The Life of Robert, First Lord CliveJ. Murray, 1848 - 314 pages |
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... duty it was to keep accounts , to take stock , to make advances to weavers , to ship cargoes , and to prevent , as much as possible , the interference of interlopers with the monopoly of the India trade , which acts of parliament had ...
... duty it was to keep accounts , to take stock , to make advances to weavers , to ship cargoes , and to prevent , as much as possible , the interference of interlopers with the monopoly of the India trade , which acts of parliament had ...
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... duty with the rest of the garrison . But whatever the imme- diate occasion of the arrangement may have been , his ensigncy , which bore date in the spring of 1747 , did not remove him from the civil service . It enabled him , however ...
... duty with the rest of the garrison . But whatever the imme- diate occasion of the arrangement may have been , his ensigncy , which bore date in the spring of 1747 , did not remove him from the civil service . It enabled him , however ...
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... duty and no more , would , when inspired by the combined influence of religious zeal and intoxica- tion , force their way through all opposition , or perish in the attempt . He could not , however , conceal his purpose from Clive , who ...
... duty and no more , would , when inspired by the combined influence of religious zeal and intoxica- tion , force their way through all opposition , or perish in the attempt . He could not , however , conceal his purpose from Clive , who ...
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... duty - free , and to sanction the setting up of a mint in Calcutta . In return for these concessions , the English agreed to consider the Nabob's enemies , wherever situated , as their own , and to furnish such aid in troops as their ...
... duty - free , and to sanction the setting up of a mint in Calcutta . In return for these concessions , the English agreed to consider the Nabob's enemies , wherever situated , as their own , and to furnish such aid in troops as their ...
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... implored him to do his duty . To pull off the turban and lay it in the lap of another is the last act of humiliation and confidence 84 [ CHAP . X. LIFE OF LORD CLIVE . Meer Jaffier made Nabob-Treaty with the English-Fate Omichund.
... implored him to do his duty . To pull off the turban and lay it in the lap of another is the last act of humiliation and confidence 84 [ CHAP . X. LIFE OF LORD CLIVE . Meer Jaffier made Nabob-Treaty with the English-Fate Omichund.
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appears appointed Arcot army arrangement arrived Barker became Bengal Bussy Calcutta Captain Carnatic carried Chandernagore chief Chunda Sahib circumstances civil Colonel command conduct consequence Coromandel coast Cossim Cossimbazar Council Court of Directors Deccan desired Dupleix duty East India Company enemy England English European favour feeling force Fort St Fort William fortune French friends gentlemen Governor hands Hindoo honour House hundred jaghire lacs letter Lord Bute Lord Clive Madras Mahomed Mahrattas matter Meer Jaffier ment military mind minister Mogul empire Moorshedabad Nabob native never Nizam-ul-Mulk Northern Circars occasion officers Omichund opinion party Patna Plassey Pondicherry present President princes proceedings proprietors provinces Rajah rank received refused regard revenues seems Select Committee sent sepoys servants settlement Sir Robert soldiers soon spirit Sulivan Suraj-u-Dowlah throne tion took trade treaty Trichinopoly troops Vansittart Verelst whole
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Page 19 - Guzerat, in Berar, and in Tanjore. Nor did they, though they had become great sovereigns, therefore cease to be freebooters. • They still retained the predatory habits of their forefathers. Every region which was not subject to their rule was wasted by their incursions.
Page 19 - A succession of nominal sovereigns, sunk in indolence and debauchery, sauntered away life in secluded palaces, chewing bang, fondling concubines, and listening to buffoons.
Page 248 - ... 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.
Page 307 - 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 of which I should not think the British senate capable.
Page 297 - Plassey had placed me. A great prince was dependent on my pleasure ; an opulent city lay at my mercy ; its richest bankers bid against each other for my smiles ; I walked through vaults which were thrown open to me alone, piled on either hand with gold and jewels ! Mr Chairman, at this moment I stand astonished at my own moderation...
Page 304 - That all acquisitions made under the influence of a military force, or by treaty with foreign Princes, do of right belong to the State.
Page 177 - he says, " how is the English name sunk ! I could not avoid paying the tribute of a few tears to the departed and lost fame of the British nation — irrecoverably so, I fear.
Page 60 - If I had only consulted the interest and reputation of a soldier, the conclusion of this peace might easily have been suspended. I know, at the same time, there are many who think I have been too precipitate in the conclusion of it...
Page 124 - Notwithstanding the extraordinary effort made by the French in sending out M. Lally with a considerable force the last year, I am confident, before the end of this, they will be near their last gasp in the Carnatic,* unless some very unforeseen event interpose in their favour.
Page 123 - Nabob to make the payments agreeable to the former usage ; nay, further : application has been made to me from the Court of Delhi, to take charge of collecting this payment, the person entrusted with which is styled the King's Dewan, and is the next person both in dignity and power to the Subah.