A History of the Oriental Nations: Chiefly Possessions of Great Britain, Comprising India, China, Australia, South Africa, and Her Other Dependencies Or Connexions in the Eastern and Southern Seas ...W.H. Allen, 1848 - 508 páginas |
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Términos y frases comunes
Affghans Ahmednuggur Akbar amount appear arms army battle of Plassey became Bengal Berar body Bombay Brahmins British Cabool Calcutta capital centum character chiefs China circumstances civil classes coast command commenced Company Company's conquest court Deccan Delhi desert directors district dominions Dutch duty dynasty early East India eastern emperor empire enemy England English established Europe European favour force former French Ghizni governor Governor-General Guzerat hands Hindoo Hindostan Holkar important Indus inhabitants Jehan king land latter length Lord Madras Mahomed Mahomedan Mahrattas Malabar Malwa ment military million Mogul Mogul empire nabob nations native Nur Jehan officers Persian Peshawur Peshwa portion possession present presidency prince province Punjab Rajah received religion revenue river rupees ryots sepoys Shah Shah Jehan ships square miles successful supposed Tartar territory thanadar thousand square miles throne tion took trade treaty troops vessels village whole
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Página 179 - is the key of heaven and of hell; a drop of blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer; whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven; at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim.
Página 425 - ... the revival and improvement of literature, and the encouragement of the learned natives of India, and for the introduction and promotion of a knowledge of the sciences among the inhabitants of the British territories in India...
Página 129 - These Communities contain in miniature all the materials of a State within themselves, and are almost sufficient to protect their members, if all other governments are withdrawn.
Página viii - ... a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Página 333 - Mere inadvertences, and casual neglects arising from an unavoidable and most complicated confusion in the state of your affairs, have been treated in such language and sentiments as nothing but the most glaring and premeditated faults could warrant. Groundless informations have without further scrutiny...
Página 420 - The religion of the nations was not merely a speculative doctrine professed in the schools or preached in the temples. The innumerable deities and rites of polytheism were closely interwoven with every circumstance of business or pleasure, of public or of private life; and it seemed impossible to escape the observance of them, without, at the same time, renouncing the commerce of mankind, and all the offices and amusements of society.
Página 185 - In childhood must a female be dependent on her father ; in youth, on her husband ; her lord being dead, on her sons ; if she have no sons, on the near kinsmen of her husband ; if he left no kinsmen, on those of her father ; if she have no paternal kinsmen, on the sovereign : a woman must never seek independence.
Página 291 - Singh, had for their object, by opening the navigation of the Indus, to facilitate the extension of commerce, and to gain for the British nation, in Central Asia , that legitimate influence which an interchange of benefits would naturally produce.
Página 186 - A woman," in the code of Gentoo laws, " is never satisfied with sensual pleasures any more than fire is satisfied with burning fuel, or the main ocean with receiving the rivers, or the empire of death with dying men and animals.
Página 440 - Oudeypore will not commit aggressions upon any one ; and if by accident a dispute arise with any one, it shall be submitted to the arbitration and award of the British Government.