Cassell's illustrated history of India, Volume 1Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Company, 1883 |
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... Treaty of Benares . - Rohilla War . - Battle of Babul - Nullah , and Conquest of Rohilcund XXXII . - Dissensions at Calcutta . - Affairs of Oude . - Revolt of the Matchlockmen XXXIII . - Salsette Conquered . - Treaty with Ragobah ...
... Treaty of Benares . - Rohilla War . - Battle of Babul - Nullah , and Conquest of Rohilcund XXXII . - Dissensions at Calcutta . - Affairs of Oude . - Revolt of the Matchlockmen XXXIII . - Salsette Conquered . - Treaty with Ragobah ...
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... Treaty with Scindia . -Pursuit of Holkar . - Tragic End of Sirjee Rao . - The Mutiny at Vellore . LXXVIII . - The Earl of Minto Governor - General . - Tragic Story of Lakshman the Robber . - Comonah Expedition . — Ameer Khan and other ...
... Treaty with Scindia . -Pursuit of Holkar . - Tragic End of Sirjee Rao . - The Mutiny at Vellore . LXXVIII . - The Earl of Minto Governor - General . - Tragic Story of Lakshman the Robber . - Comonah Expedition . — Ameer Khan and other ...
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... treaty we made with La Bourdonnais , and ordered every article of pro- perty , public or private , British or native , except the clothes and trinkets of the women , to be con- fiscated - an edict executed without mercy . The governor ...
... treaty we made with La Bourdonnais , and ordered every article of pro- perty , public or private , British or native , except the clothes and trinkets of the women , to be con- fiscated - an edict executed without mercy . The governor ...
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... treaty of peace , while at the same time arranging for a treacherous revolt in the camp of Nazir , against whom he posted 4,000 men unseen under the great rocky hill of Gingee , with ten field - pieces , to await the summons of the ...
... treaty of peace , while at the same time arranging for a treacherous revolt in the camp of Nazir , against whom he posted 4,000 men unseen under the great rocky hill of Gingee , with ten field - pieces , to await the summons of the ...
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... Treaty of partisan officer of high reputation . Like the rest of the Irish Brigade , the uniform of Count de. 1754-7 Mahrattas were anxious for peace . Salabut Jung then purchased their retreat , by ceding to them some districts near ...
... Treaty of partisan officer of high reputation . Like the rest of the Irish Brigade , the uniform of Count de. 1754-7 Mahrattas were anxious for peace . Salabut Jung then purchased their retreat , by ceding to them some districts near ...
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affairs appeared arms army arrived artillery attack attempt battalions battle became began Bengal body Bombay British Calcutta camp cannon Captain carried cavalry charge chief Clive coast Colonel column command Company Company's compelled complete consisted Council Court East effect enemy English Europeans fell field fire force formed fort four French garrison gave give given Governor guns hand Hastings head honour horse Hyder India infantry killed Lally land latter Lord loss Madras Mahrattas Major means miles military Mysore nabob native never night officers once orders passed peace position possession present princes prisoners rajah reached received Regiment remained resolved river sail says sent sepoys ships soldiers soon strong success taken territory Tippoo took town treaty troops walls whole wounded
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Page 41 - Ugolino told in the sea of everlasting ice, after he had wiped his bloody lips on the scalp of his murderer, approaches the horrors which were recounted by the few survivors of that night. They cried for mercy. They strove to burst the door. Holwell who, even in that extremity, retained some presence of mind, offered large bribes to the gaolers.
Page 206 - A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants flying from their flaming villages in part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function ; fathers torn from children, husbands from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amidst the goading spears of drivers, and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity in an unknown and hostile land. Those...
Page 148 - The physical organization of the Bengalee is feeble even to effeminacy. He lives in a constant vapour bath. His pursuits are sedentary, his limbs delicate, his movements languid. During many ages he has been trampled upon by men of bolder and more hardy breeds. Courage, independence, veracity, are qualities to which his constitution and his situation are equally unfavourable.
Page 31 - Caesar, or of the Old Guard of Napoleon. The sepoys came to Clive, not to complain of their scanty fare, but to propose that all the grain should be given to the Europeans, who required more nourishment than the natives of Asia. The thin gruel, they said, which was strained away from the rice, would suffice for themselves. Histoiy contains no more touching instance of military fidelity, or of the influence of a commanding mind.
Page 228 - The alms of the settlement, in this dreadful exigency, were certainly liberal; and all was done by charity that private charity could do: but it was a people in beggary ; it was a nation which stretched out its hands for food. For months together, these creatures of sufferance, whose very excess and luxury in their most plenteous days had fallen short of the allowance of our austerest fasts, silent, patient, resigned, without sedition or disturbance, almost without complaint, perished by...
Page 144 - This purpose, formed in infancy and poverty, grew stronger as his intellect expanded and as his fortune rose. He pursued his plan with that calm but indomitable force of will which was the most striking peculiarity of his character. When, under a tropical sun, he ruled fifty millions of Asiatics, his hopes, amidst all the cares of war, finance, and legislation, still pointed to Daylesford. And when his long public life, so singularly chequered with good and evil, with glory and obloquy, had at length...
Page 205 - Arcot, he drew from every quarter whatever a savage ferocity could add to his new rudiments in the arts of destruction ; and, compounding all the materials of fury, havoc, and desolation, into one black cloud, he hung for a while on the declivities of the mountains.
Page 241 - Hundreds of devotees came hither every month to die ; for it was believed that a peculiarly happy fate awaited the man who should pass from the sacred city into the sacred river. Nor was superstition the only motive which allured strangers to that great metropolis. Commerce had as many pilgrims as religion. All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels, ladeu with rich merchandise.
Page 183 - I do not trust to Mr. Francis's promises of candour, convinced that he is incapable of it. I judge of his public conduct by his private, which I have found to be void of truth. and honour.
Page 248 - Sir, the Nabob having determined to inflict corporal punishment upon the prisoners under your guard, this is to desire that his officers, when they shall come, may have free access to the prisoners, and be permitted to do with them as they shall see proper.