Lives of Indian Officers: Illustrative of the History of the Civil and Military Services of India, Tom 1A. Strahan, 1867 |
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... tion has fallen far short of the sincerity of the design , I have done something in these pages to do honour to a race of public servants unsurpassed in the history of the world . And I hope that , as a record of those services , this ...
... tion has fallen far short of the sincerity of the design , I have done something in these pages to do honour to a race of public servants unsurpassed in the history of the world . And I hope that , as a record of those services , this ...
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... tion important that the reinforcements should arrive in time to co - operate with Clinton for the defence of the loyalists in Carolina . Everything went wrong , and continued to go wrong . It was altogether a hopeless case even when ...
... tion important that the reinforcements should arrive in time to co - operate with Clinton for the defence of the loyalists in Carolina . Everything went wrong , and continued to go wrong . It was altogether a hopeless case even when ...
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... tion so acrimoniously discussed was whether Clinton had , or had not , sanctioned the operations in Virginia which were brought to so disastrous a close . A large mass of correspond- ence was produced by both disputants in support of ...
... tion so acrimoniously discussed was whether Clinton had , or had not , sanctioned the operations in Virginia which were brought to so disastrous a close . A large mass of correspond- ence was produced by both disputants in support of ...
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... tion , I conclude that nothing is seriously meant . As the time of year for talking on the terrace was over , I could not con- veniently see his Majesty . " - Cornwallis Correspondence . Ross . 1 1783 . the services of Cornwallis . Fox ...
... tion , I conclude that nothing is seriously meant . As the time of year for talking on the terrace was over , I could not con- veniently see his Majesty . " - Cornwallis Correspondence . Ross . 1 1783 . the services of Cornwallis . Fox ...
Strona 28
... tion ; and the reins of empire were now securely in the hands of Mr. Pitt . The new year found Cornwallis manifestly re- luctant to take service in India . " Should any proposals be hereafter made to me relative to India , " he had ...
... tion ; and the reins of empire were now securely in the hands of Mr. Pitt . The new year found Cornwallis manifestly re- luctant to take service in India . " Should any proposals be hereafter made to me relative to India , " he had ...
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affairs afterwards appear appointed army arrival Badjee Barlow Bengal Bombay British Government Calcutta camp career character Charles Metcalfe chief civil Colonel command conduct Council Court of Directors delight doubt duty East India Company effect Elphinstone endeavour enemy England English European favour feeling French friends Governor Governor-General happiness heart Henry Martyn honour hope Hyderabad interests King King's letter Lord Cornwallis Lord Minto Lord Wellesley Lord William Bentinck Lordship Madras Mahratta Medows Memoir ment Metcalfe's military mind Ministers mission Mountstuart Mountstuart Elphinstone Mysore native never opinion peace Peishwah Persian political Poonah present racter Rajah received regiment Residency respect return to England Scindiah sent Seringapatam settlement Sindh Sir Charles Metcalfe Sir George Barlow Sir John Malcolm soldier soon success things thought tion Tippoo troops whilst wish write wrote young
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Strona 465 - The sudden, and, among many, the unwarrantable acquisition of riches, had introduced luxury in every shape, and in its most pernicious excess. These two [enormous evils went hand in hand together through the whole presidency, infecting almost every member of each department. Every inferior seemed to have grasped at wealth, that he might be enabled to assume that spirit of profusion which was now the only distinction between him and his superior.