The Illustrated History of the British Empire in India and the East, from the Earliest Times to the Suppression of the Sepoy Mutiny in 1859: With a Continuation to the End of 1878, Količina 2Virtue, 1878 |
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Affghans Agra Ahmednuggur Akbar Alexander ancient army Arrian arrived attack Aurungzebe authority Baber Bactria Bejapore Bengal Bessus Bombay Brahmins British brother Cabul Calcutta capital Captain character chief Christian coast command commerce conquest court death Deccan defeated Delhi Dutch East Eastern elephants emperor empire enemy England English European export faith father favour Ferishta fled force formed governor Greeks Gujerat Hindoo Hindostan honour Hoomayoon horse hundred India Indus influence island jaghire Jehanghire Khan king kingdom Lahore land Macedonians Mahmood Mahrattas Malwa marched ment merchants Mogul Mohammed Mohammedan mountains nations native officers Parsees Persian plunder Portuguese Porus possession present prince province Punjaub race Rajah Rajpoots reign religion religious river royal sent Sevajee Shah Jehan ships Siamese silk social soon sovereign success Sultan Surat Tamerlane temple territories thousand throne tion trade treaty troops vessels vizier
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Stran 471 - No Native of the said Territories, nor any natural-born subject of His Majesty resident therein, shall by reason only of his religion, place of birth, descent, colour or any of them, be disabled from holding any place, office, or employment under the said Company.
Stran 586 - God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer; whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven; at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim.
Stran 471 - Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
Stran 424 - The Code of Regulations appended to this Treaty shall be enforced by the Consul, with the cooperation of the Siamese authorities; and they, the said authorities and Consul, shall be enabled to introduce any further regulations which may be found necessary , in order to give effect to the objects of this Treaty. All fines and penalties inflicted for infraction of the provisions and regulations of this Treaty shall be paid to the Siamese Government.
Stran 435 - In right-angled triangles the square on the side subtending the right angle is equal to the squares on the sides containing the right angle.
Stran 456 - ... which would be lunacy), but in correcting the popular notion of it, and in contending that it has no essence independent of mental perception, that existence and perceptibility are convertible terms, that external appearances and sensations are illusory and would vanish into nothing if the divine energy, which alone sustains them, were suspended but for a moment...
Stran 716 - Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly great. Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by...
Stran 423 - Bangkok may rent land, and buy or build houses, but cannot purchase lands within a circuit of 200 sen (not more than four miles English) from the city walls, until they shall have lived in Siam for ten years, or shall obtain special authority from the Siamese Government to enable them to do so.
Stran 565 - Deducting, however, from the larger number of princes a considerable proportion, there is nothing to shock probability in supposing, that the Hindu dynasties and their ramifications were spread through an interval of about twelve centuries anterior to the war of the Mahabharata, and, conjecturing that event to have happened about fourteen centuries before Christianity, thus carrying the commencement of the regal dynasties of India to about two thousand six hundred years before that date. This may,...
Stran 423 - But the Consul shall not interfere in any matters referring solely to Siamese, neither will the Siamese authorities interfere in questions which only concern the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty.