The Life of Robert, First Lord CliveJ. Murray, 1848 - 314 pages |
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... friend did so ; and no sooner was the report heard than Clive , springing from his seat , exclaimed , " I feel that I am reserved for some end or another . I twice snapped that pistol at my own head , and it would not go off . " Strange ...
... friend did so ; and no sooner was the report heard than Clive , springing from his seat , exclaimed , " I feel that I am reserved for some end or another . I twice snapped that pistol at my own head , and it would not go off . " Strange ...
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... friends , and stood in the same relation towards Dr. Nevil Maskelyne , the celebrated mathema- tician , who at a subsequent period became Astromomer Royal . It was a union productive to Clive of almost all the real happiness which he ...
... friends , and stood in the same relation towards Dr. Nevil Maskelyne , the celebrated mathema- tician , who at a subsequent period became Astromomer Royal . It was a union productive to Clive of almost all the real happiness which he ...
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... friends and relatives backward in making a display of their sense of his merits . His father , who appears to have looked upon him at the period of his departure for India as a confirmed dunce , could not find words in which adequately ...
... friends and relatives backward in making a display of their sense of his merits . His father , who appears to have looked upon him at the period of his departure for India as a confirmed dunce , could not find words in which adequately ...
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... friend of the victor at Culloden , threw their weight into his scale , and Clive was unseated . The decision operated as a severe disappointment to an ambitious young man , and seriously affected him in another quarter . His pecuniary ...
... friend of the victor at Culloden , threw their weight into his scale , and Clive was unseated . The decision operated as a severe disappointment to an ambitious young man , and seriously affected him in another quarter . His pecuniary ...
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... friends on the Coromandel coast of this design ; and added , that till it should have been accomplished it would be idle for them to expect that he or any portion of his army would come among them . The moment for entering upon this ...
... friends on the Coromandel coast of this design ; and added , that till it should have been accomplished it would be idle for them to expect that he or any portion of his army would come among them . The moment for entering upon this ...
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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.