 | Edward Thornton - 1841 - 598 pages
...Directors f could not have dispossessed me of ;"J and he declared that, when he recollected entering the treasury at Moorshedabad, " with heaps of gold and...the right and left, and these crowned with jewels," he stood astonished at his own moderation.^ That Clive never sacrificed the interests either of his... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1843 - 570 pages
...Commons in 1773, that he had received more than £100,000 after the battle of Plassey, and said he, " 'When I recollect entering the nabob's treasury at...crowned with jewels,' striking his hand violently against his head, 'by God at this moment do I stand astonished at my own moderation.' " The fictitions... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1844 - 628 pages
...by saying, that he might, if he had pleased, have taken much more ! " When I recollect," he said, " entering " the Nabob's treasury at Moorshedabad, with...right and left, " and these crowned with jewels," — here he added an oath, and violently struck his hand to his head, — " at this moment do I stand... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1844 - 608 pages
...by saying, that he might, if he had pleased, have taken much more ! " When I recollect," he said, " entering " the Nabob's treasury at Moorshedabad, with...right and left, " and these crowned with jewels," — here he added an oath, and violently struck his hand to his head, — "at this moment do I stand... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 446 pages
...himself by saying, that he might, if he had pleased, have taken much more. " When I recollect," he said, "entering the Nabob's treasury at Moorshedabad, "...right and left, and " these crowned with jewels," — here he added an oath, and violently struck his hand to his head, — " at this mo" ment do I stand... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1853 - 608 pages
...by saying, that he might, if he had pleased, have taken much more. " When I recollect," he said, " entering "the Nabob's treasury at Moorshedabad, with...silver to the right and left, " and these crowned with jewels,"—here he added an oath, and violently struck his hand to his head, — " at this moment do... | |
 | 1855 - 526 pages
...receive such presents : 'And, sir,' said Lord Clive, rising in his place and addressing the speaker, ' when I recollect entering the Nabob's treasury at...the right and left, and these crowned with jewels, by God,' striking his hand violently upon his forehead, ' I stand astonished at my own moderation !... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1858 - 190 pages
...himself by saying, that he might, if he had pleased, have taken much more. " When I recollect," he said, "entering the Nabob's treasury at Moorshedabad, "...right and left, and " these crowned with jewels," — here he added an oath, and violently struck his hand to his head, — " at this ino" ment do I... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1858 - 198 pages
...by saying, that he might, if he had pleased, have taken much more. " When I recollect," he said, " entering the Nabob's treasury at Moorshedabad, " with...right and left, and " these crowned with jewels," — here he added an oath, and violently struck his hand to his head, — " at this mo" ment do I stand... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1858 - 442 pages
...have taken much more. " When I recollect," he said, "entering the Nabob's treasury at Moorshedabacl, " with heaps of gold and silver to the right and left, and " these crowned with jewels," — here he added an oath, and violently struck his hand to his head, — " at this mo" ment do I stand... | |
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entering the Nabob's treasury at Moorshedabad, " with heaps of gold and silver to the right and left, and 
