The History of the British Settlements in IndiaSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1855 - 414 pages |
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... territory . Alexander crossed the Indus near Taxila ( the modern Attock ) , and encountered on the banks of the Hydaspis ( the Jhylum ) , the gallant though unfortunate Porus , in whose fearless bearing and magnanimous reply we behold ...
... territory . Alexander crossed the Indus near Taxila ( the modern Attock ) , and encountered on the banks of the Hydaspis ( the Jhylum ) , the gallant though unfortunate Porus , in whose fearless bearing and magnanimous reply we behold ...
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... territories of the Seleucidæ , in Western Asia . Hastily concluding a treaty of peace , therefore , with Sandracottus or Chan- dragupta , the Rajah of the Prasii , he marched home- wards , and never again resumed his schemes of conquest ...
... territories of the Seleucidæ , in Western Asia . Hastily concluding a treaty of peace , therefore , with Sandracottus or Chan- dragupta , the Rajah of the Prasii , he marched home- wards , and never again resumed his schemes of conquest ...
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... territory , he did not long survive this conquest , and finally perished in Kurdistan , by internal treachery . The descendants of the Gauride dynasty , though de- prived of their western dominions , still reigned at Delhi , and bore ...
... territory , he did not long survive this conquest , and finally perished in Kurdistan , by internal treachery . The descendants of the Gauride dynasty , though de- prived of their western dominions , still reigned at Delhi , and bore ...
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... territory . By in- trigues and violence they extended their influence daily in the southern part of the peninsula , the independent rulers of which had not yet fallen under the yoke of the Moslem emperors of Delhi . The throne of ...
... territory . By in- trigues and violence they extended their influence daily in the southern part of the peninsula , the independent rulers of which had not yet fallen under the yoke of the Moslem emperors of Delhi . The throne of ...
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... territory to his descendants , who for four generations enjoyed peaceably the fruits of ancestral valour . Eventually , however , the rightful heir , a child , having been murdered , his two uncles contended together for c 2.
... territory to his descendants , who for four generations enjoyed peaceably the fruits of ancestral valour . Eventually , however , the rightful heir , a child , having been murdered , his two uncles contended together for c 2.
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Afghan Afghanistan afterwards allies Ameers army arrived artillery attack authorities Bengal besiegers Bhurtpoor body Bombay Brahmins Burmese Cabool Calcutta Carnatic cavalry chief chieftain Christian Chunda Sahib Clive Colonel commander commenced Company Council Court defended Delhi despatched detachment dominions Dost Mohammed Dupleix endeavoured enemy England envoy European excited expedition favour force former fortress French garrison governor governor-general guns Hastings Herat Hindoo Hindoostan Holkar honour hostile Hyder India infantry intrigues Khan Lahore Lally latter Lord Cornwallis Lord Lake Lord Minto Lord Mornington Lord William Bentinck Madras Mahratta measures Meer Jaffier ment Mogul Mohammedan Mysore Nabob native Nizam Nuncomar obliged occasion occupied Omichund once peace Peishwa Pondicherry position possessed prince prisoners proved provinces Rajah received rendered retreat Scinde Scindiah seemed Seikhs sepoys Seringapatam Shah Sujah siege Sir Archibald soldiers soon succeeded success Sultan surrender territory tion Tippoo town treaty tribes victory Vizier Wellesley
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Page 266 - Firm wast thou, humble and wise, Honest, pure, free from disguise ; Father of Orphans, the Widow's support, Comfort in sorrow of every sort, To the benighted dispenser of Light, Doing and pointing to that which is right ; Blessing to Princes, to People, to me : May I, my Father, be worthy of thee ! Wishes and Prayeth thy SARABOJEE.
Page 79 - Plassey had placed me. A great prince was dependent on my pleasure ; an opulent city lay at my mercy ; its richest bankers bid against each other for my smiles ; I walked through vaults which were thrown open to me alone, piled on either hand with gold and jewels ! Mr Chairman, at this moment I stand astonished at my own moderation...
Page 120 - House of Parliament, whose trust he has betrayed. I impeach him in the name of the English nation, whose ancient honour he has sullied. I impeach him in the name of the people of India, whose rights he has trodden under foot, and whose country he has turned into a desert. Lastly, in the name of human nature itself, in the name of both sexes, in the name of every age, in the name of every rank, I impeach the common enemy and oppressor of all.
Page 161 - Mahratta and Mogul cavalry and me. He drew up, however, in a very strong position as soon as he perceived me, and the victorious army stood for some time with apparent firmness.
Page 150 - Malcolm, this is no time for compliments. We have serious work in hand ; don't you see that the European sentry over my tent is so weak from want of food and exhaustion, that a Sepoy could push him down ? We must take this fort, or perish in the attempt. I have ordered General Baird to persevere in his attack to the last extremity. If he is beaten off, Wellesley is to proceed with the troops from the trenches.
Page 286 - And while on this subject, the overflowings of grateful feelings on behalf of myself and fellow-prisoners, compel me to add a tribute of public thanks to that amiable and humane female, who, though living at a distance of two miles from our prison, without any means of conveyance, and very feeble in health, forgot her own comfort and infirmity, and almost every day visited us, sought out and administered to our wants, and contributed in every way to alleviate our misery.
Page 286 - When the unfeeling avarice of our keepers confined us inside, or made our feet fast in the stocks, she, like a ministering angel, never ceased her applications to the government, until she was authorized to communicate to us the grateful news of our enlargement, or of a respite from our galling oppressions. " Besides all this, it was unquestionably owing, in a chief degree, to the repeated eloquence, and forcible appeals of Mrs. Judson, that the untutored Burman was finally made willing to secure...
Page 120 - I impeach him in the name of the Commons House of Parliament, whose trust he has betrayed. I impeach him in the name of the English nation, whose ancient honor he has sullied.
Page 291 - ... two men. As it is not the Burmese system to relieve their troops in making these approaches, each hole contained a sufficient supply of rice, water, and even fuel for its inmates ; and under the excavated bank, a bed of straw or brushwood was prepared, in which one man could...
Page 351 - 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, whilst he executes one last charge against the cavalry of these...