The History of British India: From 1805 to 1835, Volum 3James Madden, 1848 |
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Abbas Mirza administration adopted advance affairs Ajmere appointed Arakan army arrangements Artillery Asam attack attempt authority Bengal Bentinck Bhils Bhurtpore Board body Bombay BOOK BOOK III British Government British officers Burmas Calcutta Captain CHAP charge chiefs Chittagong claims Colonel column command Commissioner communication Company Company's consequence considerable Council Court of Directors David Ochterlony death Delhi despatched detachment districts division effect enemy European favour force frontier Government of India Governor Governor-General Hindu Horse House of Commons hundred Infantry interest interference Irawadi Jaypur Jodhpur judicial Kachar King lands latter Lord Madras Majesty's Malwa Manipur Marwar measures ment military minister murder native Nawab negociation object Parliament party persons Political Agent princes principal proceedings provinces Raja Rana Rangoon Rani Regiment Regulation Resident revenue river rupees sent Shekhawati Sindh Sindhia Sing Sipahis Sirohi stockade territory Thakurs tion treaty troops Udaypur VIII villages
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Pàgina 270 - emaciate her body, by living voluntarily on pure flowers, roots, and fruit; but let her not, when her lord is deceased, even pronounce the name of another man. Let her continue, till death, forgiving all injuries, performing harsh duties, avoiding every sensual pleasure, and cheerfully practising the incomparable rules of virtue, which have been followed by such women as were devoted to one only husband.
Pàgina 276 - ... of such persons, not for the deprivation of the rights of others. Whenever, therefore, in any civil suit, the parties to such suit may be of different persuasions...
Pàgina 299 - Does any man feel compunction in following his trade; and are not all our trades assigned us by providence?" The native gentleman said, "How many people have you in the course of your life killed with your own hands at a rough guess?
Pàgina 3 - ... shall be countersigned by the president of the board of commissioners for the affairs of India, and by no other person.
Pàgina 306 - Oriental works ; his Lordship in Council directs that no portion of the funds shall hereafter be so employed. 4th — His Lordship in Council directs that all the funds which these reforms will leave at the disposal of the Committee be henceforth employed in imparting to the native population a knowledge of English literature and science through the medium of the English language...
Pàgina 35 - The English are the inhabitants of a small and remote island. What business have they to come in ships from so great a distance, to dethrone kings, and take possession of countries they have no right to ? They contrive to conquer and govern the black foreigners, the people of castes, who have puny frames, and no courage.
Pàgina 571 - In a letter also addressed shortly afterwards by the Raja of Arracan to the GovernorGeneral, that chief had the unparalleled audacity to declare, that the party on the Island of Shapuree had been destroyed in pursuance of the commands of the great Lord of the Seas and Earth ; that if the British Government wanted tranquillity, it would allow the matter to pass ; but if it should rebuild a stockade on the island, the city of Dacca and Moorshedabad, which originally belonged to the great Arracan Raja,...
Pàgina 36 - Burmas skilled in the use of the sword and spear. If they once fight with us, and we have an opportunity of manifesting our bravery. it will be an example to the black nations, which are now slaves to the English, and will encourage them to throw off the yoke.
Pàgina 188 - With the name of Sir David Ochterlony are associated many of the proudest recollections of the Bengal army, and to the renown of splendid achievements he added, by the attainment of the highest honours of...
Pàgina 15 - Captain Symes in the Embassy sent by Sir J. Shore, in 1795, observes : " The opinion that prevailed, both at Chittagong and Ava, was, that the refugees were given up from fear; and this opinion has, no doubt, continued to operate on the ill-informed Court of Ava, and has occasioned a frequent repetition of violence and insolence ending in war. These evils might possibly have been avoided by a vigorous repulse of the invasion in 1794; and a positive refusal to hearken to any proposal for giving up...