Calcutta Review, Volume 40

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University of Calcutta, 1864
 

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Page 33 - Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 367 - Not that which goeth into the mouth, defileth a man : but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Page 392 - ... and all real grievances complained of by them can, through the same channel, be examined into and redressed. Be it therefore always remembered that there is a Subah, and that though the revenues belong to the Company, the territorial jurisdiction must still rest in the chiefs of the country, acting under him and this Presidency in conjunction.
Page 383 - The Diwani of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa, with the possessions we hold in those provinces, are the utmost limits of our views on that side of India : on the Coast, the protection of the Carnatic and the possession of the Circars, free from all engagements to support the...
Page 33 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all " the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere, " even as the garden of the Lord. Then Lot chose him all " the plain of Jordan, and journeyed east; and Abraham
Page 392 - Under the Sanction of a Soubah every encroachment that may be attempted by Foreign Powers can effectually be crushed without any apparent Interposition of our own Authority ; and all real Grievances complained of by them, can, through the same channel, be examined into and redressed. Be it therefore always remembered that there is a...
Page 392 - Foreign nations would immediately take umbrage, and complaints preferred to the British Court might be attended with very embarrassing consequences. Nor can it be supposed that either the French, Dutch, or Danes would readily acknowledge the Company's...
Page 397 - French party are to be dismissed, and the troops composing it, so dispersed and disorganised, that no trace of the former establishment shall remain. And his Highness hereby engages for himself, his heirs and successors, that no Frenchman whatever shall ever hereafter be entertained in his own service, or in that of any of his chiefs or dependants, nor be suffered to remain in any part of his Highness's dominions. Nor shall any Europeans whatever be admitted into the service of this state, nor be...
Page 372 - ... that in conducting the said •worship and adoration no object animate or inanimate that has been or is or shall hereafter become or be recognized as an object of worship by any man or set of men shall be reviled or slightingly or contemptuously spoken of or alluded to either in preaching praying or in the hymns or other . mode of worship that may be delivered or used in the said Messuage or Building...
Page 393 - Our possessions should be bounded by the provinces ; studiously maintain peace : it is the groundwork of our prosperity ; never consent to act offensively against any powers, except in defence of our own, the king's or...

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