A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815, Volumen6Longmans, Green, 1890 |
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... taken The Conclusion of the War Disturbances in India . Bhurtpore • · • 123 124 Bentinck's Employment of Native Agency The Assessment in the North West 124 Flogging in the Indian Army The Abolition of Suttee 125 The Suppression of ...
... taken The Conclusion of the War Disturbances in India . Bhurtpore • · • 123 124 Bentinck's Employment of Native Agency The Assessment in the North West 124 Flogging in the Indian Army The Abolition of Suttee 125 The Suppression of ...
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... taken no part in the fray , and might be expected to be cool . Vain expecta- tion ! In sending Menschikoff to Constantinople , Nicholas had made compromise difficult ; in despatching Stratford to the Porte the British Ministry had drawn ...
... taken no part in the fray , and might be expected to be cool . Vain expecta- tion ! In sending Menschikoff to Constantinople , Nicholas had made compromise difficult ; in despatching Stratford to the Porte the British Ministry had drawn ...
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... taken by Rose . But Napoleon saw in Menschikoff's action and Rose's fears a fresh excuse for embroiling France . Though acquainted with the views of the British Ministry , he at once ordered his own fleet to Salamis . The chances of ...
... taken by Rose . But Napoleon saw in Menschikoff's action and Rose's fears a fresh excuse for embroiling France . Though acquainted with the views of the British Ministry , he at once ordered his own fleet to Salamis . The chances of ...
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... taken , the Porte authorised Omar Pacha to summon Gortschakoff to evacuate the Princi- palities within fifteen days , and , in the event of the summons being disobeyed , to commence operations.3 For the moment , indeed , the moderation ...
... taken , the Porte authorised Omar Pacha to summon Gortschakoff to evacuate the Princi- palities within fifteen days , and , in the event of the summons being disobeyed , to commence operations.3 For the moment , indeed , the moderation ...
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... taken at a singularly unfortunate period . Ever since the rejection of the Vienna note , and the practical sepa- ration of the Western from the German States , the represen- tatives of the four Powers had been constantly striving to ...
... taken at a singularly unfortunate period . Ever since the rejection of the Vienna note , and the practical sepa- ration of the Western from the German States , the represen- tatives of the four Powers had been constantly striving to ...
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Página 380 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Página 64 - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective — that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Página 331 - To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers.
Página 202 - India," —"Our victorious army bears the gates of the Temple of Somnauth in triumph from Afghanistan, and the despoiled tomb of Sultan Mahmoud looks upon the ruins of Ghuznee. The insult of eight hundred years is at last avenged. The gates of the Temple of Somnauth, so long the memorial of your humiliation, are become the proudest record of your national glory; the proof of your superiority in arms over the nations beyond the Indus.
Página 67 - Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.
Página 75 - And, whereas, to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour and policy, of this nation...
Página 309 - ... Military Governor had been appointed ; but he could do little to restrain the passions of those who surrounded him. Natives were brought forward in batches to be tried by a Military Commission or by Special Commissioners, each one of whom had been invested by the Supreme Government with full powers of life and death. These judges were in no mood to show mercy. Almost all who were tried were condemned; and almost all who were condemned were sentenced to death. A four-square gallows was erected...
Página 332 - Act or the repeal of the Stamp Act; it was neither Lord Rockingham nor Lord North, — but it was that baleful spirit of commerce that wished to govern great nations on the maxims of the counter.
Página 246 - His Excellency engages that he will establish in his reserved dominions such a system of administration (to be carried into effect by his own officers) as shall be conducive to the prosperity of his subjects, and to be calculated to secure the lives and property of the inhabitants...