A Visit to Japan, China, and IndiaS. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1877 - 294 pages |
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Page 169
... India , not for the sake of India , but for the sake of the British army , it follows that the ex- pense should be borne , not by the Indian , but by the Imperial Exchequer . There is far too great a tendency to saddle India with ...
... India , not for the sake of India , but for the sake of the British army , it follows that the ex- pense should be borne , not by the Indian , but by the Imperial Exchequer . There is far too great a tendency to saddle India with ...
Page 184
... India was commercial . The East India Company went to India to trade , and did not become political till circumstances forced greatness upon it . The genius of Clive and Hastings conquered an empire , when their masters , the merchant ...
... India was commercial . The East India Company went to India to trade , and did not become political till circumstances forced greatness upon it . The genius of Clive and Hastings conquered an empire , when their masters , the merchant ...
Page 191
Sir Robert Nicholas Fowler (bart.) know nothing of India , and , when an Indian subject is debated , are conspicuous by their absence . The result is that India is less known to the British public then when its affairs were ventilated ...
Sir Robert Nicholas Fowler (bart.) know nothing of India , and , when an Indian subject is debated , are conspicuous by their absence . The result is that India is less known to the British public then when its affairs were ventilated ...
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