The History of British India, Jilid 9J. Madden, 1848 |
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Abbas Mirza administration adopted advance Alwar appointed Arakan army arrangement Artillery Asam attack attempt authority Bengal Bhils Bhurtpore Bill Board body Bombay BOOK BOOK III British Government British India Burmas Calcutta Captain CHAP charge chiefs China Chittagong claims Colonel command commercial Committee Company Company's consequence considerable Council Court of Directors David Ochterlony death demand despatched detachment districts division Durjan Sal East India effect enemy European favour force frontier Government of India Governor Governor-General Grant Hindu Horse House of Commons hundred interests Jaypur Jodhpur justice Kachar King latter Lord Madras Maha Majesty's Malwa Manipur Marwar measures ment military minister native Nawab negociation object officers Parliament party pecuniary persons political princes principal proceedings proposed Proprietors provinces Raja Rangoon Regiments Resident revenue river rupees sent Sindh Sindhia Sing Sipahis Sir David Ochterlony stockade Supreme Sylhet territory tion trade troops VIII villages
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Halaman 236 - emaciate her body, by living voluntarily on pure flowers, roots, and fruit; but let her not, when her lord is deceased, even pronounce the name of another man. Let her continue, till death, forgiving all injuries, performing harsh duties, avoiding every sensual pleasure, and cheerfully practising the incomparable rules of virtue, which have been followed by such women as were devoted to one only husband.
Halaman 508 - Directors drafts of laws or regulations, for the purposes aforesaid, and that in preparing such drafts due regard shall be had to the laws of marriage and the rights and authorities of fathers and heads of families, and that such drafts shall forthwith, after receipt thereof, be taken into consideration by the said Court of Directors, who shall, with all convenient speed, communicate to the said Governor-General in Council their instructions on the drafts of the said laws and regulations, but no...
Halaman 516 - Church of Scotland, such sums of money as may be expedient for the purpose of instruction or for the maintenance of places of worship.
Halaman 44 - Ava, he is inclined to deprecate, as in place of armies, fortresses, and cities, he is led to believe we should find nothing but jungle, pestilence, and famine.
Halaman 36 - Burmans, skilled in the use of the sword and spear. If they once fight with us, and we have an opportunity of manifesting our bravery, it will be an example to the black natives, who are now slaves to the English, and encourage them to throw off their yoke.
Halaman 237 - ... difficult to make a stranger to India understand, much less believe, that in a population of so many millions of people as the Calcutta Division includes, and the same may be said of all the Lower Provinces, so great is the want of courage and of vigour of character, and such the habitual submission of centuries, that insurrection or hostile opposition to the will of the ruling power may be affirmed to be an impossible danger.
Halaman 190 - Bengal army, and to the renown of splendid achievements he added, by the attainment of the highest honours of the Military Order of the Bath, the singular felicity of opening to his gallant companions an access to those tokens of royal favour which are the dearest objects of a soldier's ambition.
Halaman 547 - With reference to what I have stated in the last paragraph of my letter of the 20th instant, I immediately determined to remain at the palace till the Maha Raja's body should be carried to the funeral pile, and a request to that effect was also made to me by Hindoo Rao, and the other principal persons present. It was very satisfactory to me to find that though there was a great appearance of grief, there were none of the appearances that indicated an intended Suttee. When a woman intends to ascend...
Halaman 254 - That the Supreme Court is bound to notice the jurisdiction of the native court, without having the same specially set forth in the return to a writ of habeas corpus.
Halaman 191 - East India Company, said that " if the siege had failed, it would in all human probability have added to the embarrassments of the Burmese war that of hostilities with almost every state of India.