The Life of Robert, First Lord CliveJ. Murray, 1848 - 314 pages |
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... Directors 243 XXV . Clive's parting Address 253 XXVI . Returns to England - Reception 261 XXVII . Lord Clive in Europe - His State of Health - Progress of Public Opinion 271 XXVIII . Clive's Position in Parliament and at the India House ...
... Directors 243 XXV . Clive's parting Address 253 XXVI . Returns to England - Reception 261 XXVII . Lord Clive in Europe - His State of Health - Progress of Public Opinion 271 XXVIII . Clive's Position in Parliament and at the India House ...
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... Director , and was therefore , much more than it is now , within the reach of persons of far less pretension . Young Clive received his nomination in the early spring of 1743 , and embarked soon afterwards for Madras . He was then in ...
... Director , and was therefore , much more than it is now , within the reach of persons of far less pretension . Young Clive received his nomination in the early spring of 1743 , and embarked soon afterwards for Madras . He was then in ...
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... director ; it may therefore be epitomised in few words . Chunda Sahib , seeing that his affairs were become desperate , requested his followers to shift for themselves , and , entering into a secret negotiation with the leader of the ...
... director ; it may therefore be epitomised in few words . Chunda Sahib , seeing that his affairs were become desperate , requested his followers to shift for themselves , and , entering into a secret negotiation with the leader of the ...
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... Directors had already noticed him in their com- munications with the Governor at Fort St. David by express- ing , to use their own words , " the great regard we have for the merit of Captain Clive , to whose courage and conduct the late ...
... Directors had already noticed him in their com- munications with the Governor at Fort St. David by express- ing , to use their own words , " the great regard we have for the merit of Captain Clive , to whose courage and conduct the late ...
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... Directors therefore felt that the sooner their army on the Coromandel coast was put upon a respectable footing the better chance there would be of success in a contest which must come sooner or later , and would proba- bly be a decisive ...
... Directors therefore felt that the sooner their army on the Coromandel coast was put upon a respectable footing the better chance there would be of success in a contest which must come sooner or later , and would proba- bly be a decisive ...
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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 immediately 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 - 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 304 - ... with any civil or military power of the State is illegal. 3. That very great sums of money, and other valuable property have been acquired in Bengal from Princes and others of that country, by persons entrusted with the military and civil powers of the State by means of such powers ; which sums of money and valuable property have been appropriated to the private use of such persons.
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 19 - Wherever their kettle-drums were heard, the peasant threw his bag of rice on his shoulder, hid his small savings in his girdle, and fled with his wife and children to the mountains or the jungles, to the milder neighbourhood of the hyaena and the tiger. Many provinces redeemed their harvests by the payment of an annual ransom. Even the wretched phantom who still bore the imperial title stooped to pay this ignominious black-mail.
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.