The political, commercial, & financial condition of the Anglo-eastern empire, by the author of 'The past and present state of the tea trade of England, &c.'.1832 - 403 páginas |
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... province was more destructive than myriads of locusts , or years of drought and pestilence ; while of their rulers it has been truly observed , that their musnuds were their horse - cloths , their sceptres their swords , and their ...
... province was more destructive than myriads of locusts , or years of drought and pestilence ; while of their rulers it has been truly observed , that their musnuds were their horse - cloths , their sceptres their swords , and their ...
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... . + Throughout the western provinces of India the long continued fears of the peasantry have not yet subsided sufficiently to allow of their appearing abroad unarmed . Mr. Rickards ' description of the Mahomedan dynasties in India.- 77.
... . + Throughout the western provinces of India the long continued fears of the peasantry have not yet subsided sufficiently to allow of their appearing abroad unarmed . Mr. Rickards ' description of the Mahomedan dynasties in India.- 77.
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... provinces . * " To review the occurrences of this period , would only be to give further examples of the same unprovoked and devastating warfare , the same struggles for power , the same unbridled thirst of conquest , the same perfidy ...
... provinces . * " To review the occurrences of this period , would only be to give further examples of the same unprovoked and devastating warfare , the same struggles for power , the same unbridled thirst of conquest , the same perfidy ...
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... provinces like wild beasts ; with other like modes of royal amusement , may be feasted to satiety in the history of ... province . " + Rickards ' India , vol . i . p . 220 . desire to uphold his tyranny with ; when the true 10.
... provinces like wild beasts ; with other like modes of royal amusement , may be feasted to satiety in the history of ... province . " + Rickards ' India , vol . i . p . 220 . desire to uphold his tyranny with ; when the true 10.
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... provinces were also incessant , so that the work of war and blood was perpetual ; massacres were common to every reign , when the butchery extended , not only to the parties immediately concerned , but to their vassals , dependents ...
... provinces were also incessant , so that the work of war and blood was perpetual ; massacres were common to every reign , when the butchery extended , not only to the parties immediately concerned , but to their vassals , dependents ...
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Página 246 - undermine what cannot be directly overthrown. In all the changes to which you maybe invited, remember that time and habit are at least as necessary to fix the true character of government, as of other human institutions;—that experience is the surest standard,* by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution of a
Página 245 - but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts. One method of assault may be to effect, in the forms of the constitution, alterations which will impair the energy of the system, and thus undermine what cannot be directly overthrown. In all the changes to which you
Página 343 - I desire not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live;" yet I say men—Englishmen— calling themselves Christians, make a mockery of their professions by spilling the blood of the divine image, when acting on the inhuman Jewish code, which declares (as all savage or pagan nations do)
Página 246 - as of other human institutions;—that experience is the surest standard,* by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution of a country;
Página 72 - THE AFFAIRS OF INDIA. The power vested in the crown and its ministers over the government of India, has been exercised since 1784 by a Board, which consists of such members of the Privy Council as his Majesty may be pleased to appoint,* of whom the two principal secretaries of state and the Chancellor of the Exchequer shall always,
Página v - THE DOCTRINES OF FREE TRADE AND COLONIZATION, WITH REFERENCE TO THE RENEWAL OR MODIFICATION OF THE HON. EAST-INDIA COMPANY'S CHARTER. BY THE AUTHOR OF " The Past and Present State of the Tea Trade of England and of the Continents of Europe and America, Sfc.
Página 343 - is the avowed object of capital punishments ? The prevention of crime alone; for all hopes of the reformation of the offender is cut off, by man impiously daring to disobey the command of his Creator, who emphatically declared, " As I live,* saith the Lord God,
Página 165 - How far any change in the distribution of officers might be made, is another question. of a well regulated standing army.* It is the instrument which executes and maintains all his other regula* At a moment when so much attention is turned to the Russian army, the following recent statistical detail,
Página 231 - indigo is a fine thing to put money in the purse of the baboo (gentleman), but we poor people do not want to see it. It raises the price of rice and the rent of land."—Remark of a small cultivator to Bishop Heber on the Ganges. With respect to India cotton, Mr.
Página 360 - code, then the measure is practicable; but the attempted formation of a general civil code would be as * It appears that even in Ireland impartial justice is not administered, according to the following announcement:—" Mr. Stanley rose to move for a bill' to provide for the more impartial trial of offences in certain cases in Ireland.'"—Times,