The British World in the East: A Guide ; Historical, Moral, and Commercial to India, China, Australia, South Africa and the Other Possessions Or Connexions of Great Britain in the Eastern and Southern Seas ; in Two Volumes, Količina 1W. H. Allen, 1846 |
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Affghans Ahmednuggur Akbar Ameers amount ancient appear arms army battle battle of Plassey became Bengal Berar body Bombay Brahmins British Cabool Calcutta Canouj capital centum character chiefs circumstances civilization classes Clive coast Colonel command commenced Company's conquest Coromandel coast court Deccan Delhi desert directors dominions Dupleix Dutch dynasty East India Company eastern emperor empire enemy English Europe European expedition favour force formed French Ghizni Governor-General governors Guzerat hands Hindoo Hindostan Holkar hundred thousand important Indus inhabitants king land latter laws length Lord Madras Mahmood Mahomed Mahomedan Mahrattas Malwa ment merchants miles military million Mogul Mogul empire Mysore nabob nations native Nizam Nur Jehan officers Oude peace Persian Peshawur Peshwa portion possession present prince province Rajah received religion revenue ruins sepoys Shah Jehan ships soubahdar sovereign successful supposed Tartar territory throne tion Tippoo took trade treaty troops village western whole
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Stran 176 - is the key of heaven and of hell; a drop of blood shed in the cause of 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 422 - ... the revival and improvement of literature, and the encouragement of the learned natives of India, and for the introduction and promotion of a knowledge of the sciences among the inhabitants of the British territories in India...
Stran 126 - These Communities contain in miniature all the materials of a State within themselves, and are almost sufficient to protect their members, if all other governments are withdrawn.
Stran v - ... a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Stran 330 - Mere inadvertences, and casual neglects arising from an unavoidable and most complicated confusion in the state of your affairs, have been treated in such language and sentiments as nothing but the most glaring and premeditated faults could warrant. Groundless informations have without further scrutiny...
Stran 289 - Afghanistan, for the purpose of extending Persian influence and authority to the banks of, and even beyond, the Indus; and that the Court of Persia had not only commenced a course of injury and insult to the Officers of Her Majesty's Mission in the Persian territory, but had afforded evidence of being engaged in designs wholly at variance with the principles and objects of its alliance with Great Britain.
Stran 182 - In childhood must a female be dependent on her father ; in youth, on her husband ; her lord being dead, on her sons ; if she have no sons, on the near kinsmen of her husband ; if he left no kinsmen, on those of her father ; if she have no paternal kinsmen, on the sovereign : a woman must never seek independence.
Stran 289 - It subsequently came to the knowledge of the Governor-General that a Persian army was besieging Herat ; that intrigues were actively prosecuted throughout Affghanistan for the purpose of extending Persian influence and authority to the banks of, and even beyond, the Indus; and that the court of Persia had not only commenced a course of injury and insult to the officers of her Majesty's mission in the Persian territory, but had afforded evidence of being...
Stran 437 - Oudeypore will not commit aggressions upon any one ; and if by accident a dispute arise with any one, it shall be submitted to the arbitration and award of the British Government.
Stran 183 - is never no more than fire is satisfied with burning fuel, or the main ocean with receiving the rivers, or the empire of death with the dying of men and animals : in these cases therefore a woman is not to be relied on.