Oriental Herald and Colonial Review, Volume 6James Silk Buckingham J. M. Richardson, 1825 |
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... object was rather plunder than commerce . The whole of this expedition did not , however , reach the place of its destination ; for one of the three ships was sent back with the sick before they reached the Cape of Good Hope ; another ...
... object was rather plunder than commerce . The whole of this expedition did not , however , reach the place of its destination ; for one of the three ships was sent back with the sick before they reached the Cape of Good Hope ; another ...
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... object of more importance in their eyes than the honest gain of trade . What is most surprising too , they expressed a desire to become a nation " in India ; they , who have since put in practice every art of tyranny to keep their ...
... object of more importance in their eyes than the honest gain of trade . What is most surprising too , they expressed a desire to become a nation " in India ; they , who have since put in practice every art of tyranny to keep their ...
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... object ought to be , to draw our present income from a larger quantity ; for it is unquestionable that the people do not consume as much salt as they desire to use ; and we certainly have the power to place the article more within their ...
... object ought to be , to draw our present income from a larger quantity ; for it is unquestionable that the people do not consume as much salt as they desire to use ; and we certainly have the power to place the article more within their ...
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... object to the despotism and injustice of forcing dependent states to give us this new monopoly of their produce , and of compelling their Zumeendars and Ryots to cultivate opium for our benefit ; but he thinks that ( for our own sakes ...
... object to the despotism and injustice of forcing dependent states to give us this new monopoly of their produce , and of compelling their Zumeendars and Ryots to cultivate opium for our benefit ; but he thinks that ( for our own sakes ...
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... object of the Company and its servants , instead of their views being principally directed , as those of all rulers ought to be , to the amelioration of their sub- jects , is to invent new modes of draining off their wealth , not for ...
... object of the Company and its servants , instead of their views being principally directed , as those of all rulers ought to be , to the amelioration of their sub- jects , is to invent new modes of draining off their wealth , not for ...
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