India: Or, Facts Submitted to Illustrate the Character and Condition of the Native Inhabitants, with Suggestions for Reforming the Present System of Government, Part 47, Volume 2Smith, Elder & Company, 1832 |
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... fixed habits on both sides ; particularly as no means existed for settling differences between the parties , except , as in Turkey , by the dagger , decapitation , or recur- rence to the power of the sword . * The emperor , therefore ...
... fixed habits on both sides ; particularly as no means existed for settling differences between the parties , except , as in Turkey , by the dagger , decapitation , or recur- rence to the power of the sword . * The emperor , therefore ...
Page 13
... dues of government have , under a permanent settle- " ment , been unalterably fixed in perpetuity . " Gloss . 5th Rep .-- They are also called Estimandar , and correspond with to whom are also attached subordinate es- tablishments . In 13.
... dues of government have , under a permanent settle- " ment , been unalterably fixed in perpetuity . " Gloss . 5th Rep .-- They are also called Estimandar , and correspond with to whom are also attached subordinate es- tablishments . In 13.
Page 37
... fixed and permanent ratios that which was in its nature ever chang- ing , the accounts of a district were one thing , whilst its cultivation and produce were quite another . The collections were accordingly made on purely conjectural ...
... fixed and permanent ratios that which was in its nature ever chang- ing , the accounts of a district were one thing , whilst its cultivation and produce were quite another . The collections were accordingly made on purely conjectural ...
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... year the exact produce of every field occupied , may fix the value thereof with accuracy between each other , in reference * Ayeen Akbery , part iii . p . 327 . to rent , which the officers of government might find 42.
... year the exact produce of every field occupied , may fix the value thereof with accuracy between each other , in reference * Ayeen Akbery , part iii . p . 327 . to rent , which the officers of government might find 42.
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... fixed at one half the gross produce , to be ascertained by admea- surement of every acre , and by valuation , or by weighing the produce ; or , in the event of difference of opinion with the cultivators of any village or district , by ...
... fixed at one half the gross produce , to be ascertained by admea- surement of every acre , and by valuation , or by weighing the produce ; or , in the event of difference of opinion with the cultivators of any village or district , by ...
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Page 293 - The labour of his body, and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his. Whatsoever, then, he removes out of the state that nature hath provided and left it in, he hath mixed his labour with, and joined to it something that is his own, and thereby makes it his property.
Page 293 - Whatsoever then he removes out of the state that nature hath provided and left it in, he hath mixed his labor with, and joined to it something that is his own, and thereby makes it his property. It being by him removed from the common state nature hath placed it in, it hath by this labor something annexed to it that excludes the common right of other men.
Page 221 - Verily those who disbelieve our signs, we will surely cast to be broiled in hell fire ; so often as their skins shall be well burned, we will give them other skins in exchange, that they may taste the sharper torment ; for GOD is mighty and wise.
Page 293 - For this labour being the unquestionable property of the labourer, no man but he can have a right to what that is once joined to, at least where there is enough and as good left in common for others.
Page 293 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
Page 473 - The increase of our revenue is the subject of our care, as much as our trade; 'tis that must maintain our force, when twenty accidents may interrupt our trade; 'tis that must make us a nation in India; — without that we are but as a great number of interlopers, united by his Majesty's royal charter, fit only to trade where nobody of power thinks it their interest to prevent us...
Page 220 - When ye encounter the unbelievers, strike off their heads, until ye have made a great slaughter among them; and bind them in bonds- and either give them a free dismission afterwards, or exact a ransom; until the war shall have laid down its arms.
Page 248 - ... gave them title to prescribe against their lords; and, on performance of the same services, to hold their lands, in spite of any determination of the lord's will; for though in general they are still said to hold their estates at the will of the lord...
Page 473 - ... tis that must make us a nation in India;— without that we are but as a great number of interlopers, united by his Majesty's royal charter, fit only to trade where nobody of power thinks it their interest to prevent us;— and upon this account it is that the wise Dutch, in all their general advices which we have seen, write ten paragraphs concerning their government, their civil and military policy, warfare, and the increase of their revenue, for one paragraph they write concerning trade...
Page 248 - Villeins, by these and many other means, in process of time gained considerable ground on their lords; and in particular strengthened the tenure of their estates to that degree, that they came to have in them an interest in many places full as good, in others better, than their lords. For the goodnature and benevolence of many lords of manors having, time out of mind, permitted their villeins and their children to enjoy their possessions without interruption, in a regular course of descent, the common...