Warren Hastings: A BiographyAllen, 1878 - 383 páginas |
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Página 242 - I do not trust to Mr. Francis's promises of candour, convinced that he is incapable of it. I judge of his public conduct by his private, which I have found to be void of truth and honour.
Página 203 - India, namely, to extend the influence of the British nation to every part of India not too remote from their possessions, without enlarging the circle of their defence or involving them in hazardous or indefinite engagements, and to accept the allegiance of such of our neighbours as shall sue to be enlisted among the friends and allies of the King of Great Britain.
Página 246 - have no competitor to oppose my designs ; to encourage disobe" dience to my authority; to write circular letters, with copies " of instruments from the Court of Directors, proclaiming their " distrust of me and denouncing my removal ; to excite and " foment popular odium against me ; to urge me to acts of " severity and then abandon and oppose me ; to keep alive the " expectation of impending changes ; to teach foreign states to " counteract me and deter them from forming connexions with " me. I...
Página 149 - Mogul, if they were in the hands of another nation, would avail them anything, — and when he declared " that the sword which gave us the dominion of Bengal must be the instrument of its preservation, and that, if it should ever cease to be ours, the next proprietor would derive his right and possession from the same natural charter.
Página 151 - On the other hand, the absence of the Mahrattas, and the weak state of the Rohillas, promised an easy conquest of them; and I own that such was my idea of the Company's distress at home, added to my knowledge of their wants abroad, that I should have been glad of any occasion to employ their forces which saves so much of their pay and expenses.
Página 131 - Bengal are not like the robbers in England — individuals driven to such desperate courses by sudden want; they are robbers by profession, and even by birth ; they are formed into regular communities, and their families subsist by the spoils which they bring home to them...
Página 176 - There are many gentlemen in England who have been eyewitnesses of my conduct. For God's sake, call upon them to draw my true portrait, for the devil is not so black as these fellows have painted me.
Página 66 - Patna and Dacca, all the English chiefs, with their gomastahs, officers and agents, in every district of the government, act as collectors, renters, zemindars and talookdars, and setting up the Company's colours, allow no power to my officers.
Página 66 - English chiefs, with their gomastahs, officers and agents in every district of the government, act as collectors, renters, and magistrates, and setting up the Company's colours, allow no power to my officers. And besides this, the...