Calcutta Review, Հատոր 7University of Calcutta, 1847 |
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Արդյունքներ 31–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ 186
... Planter's Life , than the wars and rumours of wars , which sound in their ears at uncertain intervals . In England , spite of the increasing desire for accurate knowledge on Indian matters , it would at times almost seem as if the ...
... Planter's Life , than the wars and rumours of wars , which sound in their ears at uncertain intervals . In England , spite of the increasing desire for accurate knowledge on Indian matters , it would at times almost seem as if the ...
Էջ 187
... Planter got possession of the wished for village or estate , and reaped the tempting crop of Indigo by paying at a high rate , some two or three hundred Lattials , and taking due care moreover that the labourer should work for his hire ...
... Planter got possession of the wished for village or estate , and reaped the tempting crop of Indigo by paying at a high rate , some two or three hundred Lattials , and taking due care moreover that the labourer should work for his hire ...
Էջ 188
... Planter , than the existence of sycophancy , and false indictments at Athens , can give honour to the false cases , and the perjury of our Mofussil Courts . Unconsciously , and led perhaps by a train of circumstances almost unexampled ...
... Planter , than the existence of sycophancy , and false indictments at Athens , can give honour to the false cases , and the perjury of our Mofussil Courts . Unconsciously , and led perhaps by a train of circumstances almost unexampled ...
Էջ 189
... Planter's right to give out advances to the Ryot , and of the Ryot's , to sow and cut for the Planter , provided his so doing , were not prejudicial to the lord of the soil . But are the Choudaris of Lower Bengal , likely men to permit ...
... Planter's right to give out advances to the Ryot , and of the Ryot's , to sow and cut for the Planter , provided his so doing , were not prejudicial to the lord of the soil . But are the Choudaris of Lower Bengal , likely men to permit ...
Էջ 190
... Planters as settlers in Lower Bengal : between the first Europeans at Fort William or Húgly , and the first planter sowing his Indigo crop between the merchant erecting a fort , and asking permission from the Court of Delhi to trade in ...
... Planters as settlers in Lower Bengal : between the first Europeans at Fort William or Húgly , and the first planter sowing his Indigo crop between the merchant erecting a fort , and asking permission from the Court of Delhi to trade in ...
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Էջ xl - Nay, do not think I flatter ; For what advancement may I hope from thee, That no revenue hast but thy good spirits, To feed and clothe thee ? Why should the poor be flatter'd ? No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning.
Էջ 175 - No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
Էջ 448 - THIS is true liberty, when freeborn men, Having to advise the public, may speak free ; Which he who can, and will, deserves high praise ; Who neither can, nor will, may hold his peace ; What can be juster in a state than this ? FROM HORACE.
Էջ xxxviii - Heaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid ; They live, they speak, they breathe what love inspires, Warm from the soul, and faithful to its fires ; The virgin's wish without her fears impart, Excuse the blush, and pour out all the heart, Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the Pole. Thou know'st how guiltless first I met thy flame, When Love approach'd me under Friendship's name; My fancy form'd thee of angelic...
Էջ 51 - You have eaten my salt," he said, " these thirteen years. If, as is too plain, you are resolved to seek a new master, grant me but one favour in requital for that long period of maintenance and kindness — enable me to die with honour. Stand by the brother of Futteh Khan...
Էջ 448 - This is true Liberty, when free-born Men, Having to advise the Public, may speak free, Which he who can, and will, deserv's high praise; Who neither can nor will, may hold his peace, What can be juster in a state then this?
Էջ 503 - Neither was it mine adversary that did magnify himself against me; for then peradventure I would have hid myself from him : 14 But it was even thou, my companion, my guide, and mine own familiar friend.
Էջ 470 - ... of Great Britain called England, and to hear and determine and award judgment and execution of all treasons, murders, felonies, forgeries, &c, committed in the districts and provinces, called Bengal, Behar, and Orissa, by British subjects, or other persons who shall at the time of committing them, have been employed by, or shall have been directly or indirectly in the services of the Company.
Էջ 36 - I stood too much in fear of Vattel to do any such thing; and since he was so friendly to us, said I, give me the letters the agent has brought ; all of which he surrendered sharp ; and I sent an express at once to my Lord A., with a confidential letter to the Governor...
Էջ 263 - ... were friends to the English, made a large grave, and buried them all in it. The chief of Carwar sent a stone to be put on the grave, with an inscription that this is the burial place of John Best with seventeen other Englishmen, who were sacrificed to the fury of a mad priesthood, and an enraged mob.