 Upon my arrival, I am sorry to say, I found your affairs in a condition so nearly desperate as would have alarmed any set of men whose sense of honour and duty to their employers had not been estranged by the too eager pursuit of their own immediate advantages.  The History of British India - Page 237by James Mill - 1817 - 777 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Malcolm - 1836 - 402 pages
...the following observations upon this subject : — " Upon my arrival, I am sorry to say, I found your affairs in a condition so nearly desperate, as would...unwarrantable acquisition of riches, had introduced luxury in * This letter is dated the 30th September, 1765. It is published in the Third Report of the Select... | |
 | William Howitt - 1838 - 548 pages
...address the Directors at home, as he did in 1765: "Upon my arrival, I am sorry to say, I found your affairs in a condition so nearly desperate as would...among many, the unwarrantable acquisition of riches (who was so entitled to say this?) had introduced luxury in every shape, and in its most pernicious... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1843 - 570 pages
...ensued. In a letter to the Directors, he remarks : "Upon my arrival, I am sorry to say, that I found your affairs in a condition so nearly desperate as would have alarmed any set of men whose sense of honor and duty to their employers had not been estranged by the too eager pursuit of their own immediate... | |
 | Leitch Ritchie - 1846 - 540 pages
...several millions sterling. When Clive was sent out anew in 1764, he found the affairs of the Company " in a condition so nearly desperate as would have alarmed...estranged by the too eager pursuit of their own immediate advantage. The sudden, and among many the unwarrantable acquisition of riches had introduced luxury... | |
 | Thomas Smart Hughes - 1846 - 546 pages
...directors, ' I am sorry » British India, vol. iii. pp. 332, 333. » Ib. pp. 35). 353. to say I found your affairs in a condition so nearly desperate, as would...alarmed any set of men, — ' - — whose sense of honor and duty to their employers had '*'" ' not been estranged by the too eager pursuit of their own... | |
 | Leitch Ritchie - 1848 - 526 pages
...several millions sterling. When Clive was sent out anew in 1764, he found the affairs of the Company " in a condition so nearly desperate as would have alarmed...estranged by the too eager pursuit of their own immediate advantage. The sudden, and among many the unwarrantable acquisition of riches had introduced luxury... | |
 | 1856 - 610 pages
...general corruption ? " In another letter he says : " Upon my arrival, I am sorry to say, I find your affairs in a condition so nearly desperate as would have alarmed any set of men, whose sense of honor and duty to their employers had not been estranged by the too eager pursuit of their own immediate... | |
 | John Frederick Smith - 1861 - 644 pages
...report of the parliamentary committee of 1772 : — " Upon my arrival, I am sorry to say, I found your affairs in a condition so nearly desperate as would...among many, the unwarrantable acquisition of riches [who was so entitled to say this?], had introduced luxury in every shape, and in its most pernicious... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 662 pages
...report of the parliamentary committee of 1772 : — " Upon my arrival, I am sorry to say, I found your affairs in a condition so nearly desperate as would...among many, the unwarrantable acquisition of riches [who was so entitled to say this?], had introduced luxury in every shape, and in its most pernicious... | |
 | Sir John William Kaye - 1867 - 516 pages
...Calcutta, September 80, 1765. GENTLEMEN, — * * * * UPON my arrival, I am sorry to say I found your affairs in a condition so nearly desperate as would...estranged by the too eager pursuit of their own immediate advantage. The sudden, and, among many, the unwarrantable acquisition of riches, had introduced luxury... | |
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