The conduct of the Company's servants upon this occasion," says James Mill in his History of British India, " furnishes one of the most remarkable instances upon record of the power of interest to extinguish all sense of justice, and even of shame. The History of British India - Page 333by James Mill - 1848Full view - About this book
 | George Robert Gleig - Generals - 1832
...Company's servants on this occasion," says Mr. Mill, " furnishes one of the most remarkable instances on record of the power of interest to extinguish all sense of justice, and even of shame." They exclaimed against the remission, as a violation of their undoubted rights, and insisted that their... | |
 | Sir William Henry Sleeman - Chromolithography - 1844
...chief of the factory at Patna, whose opinions had more * Mill observes upon these transactions : " The conduct of the Company's servants upon this occasion...remarkable instances upon record, of the power of self-interest to extinguish all sense of justice and even of shame. They had hitherto insisted, contrary... | |
 | Sir William Henry Sleeman - Chromolithography - 1844
...Patna, whose opinions had more * Mill observes upon these transactions : " The conduct of the Company-s servants upon this occasion furnishes one of the most...remarkable instances upon record, of the power of self-interest to extinguish all sense of justice and even of shame. They had hitherto insisted, contrary... | |
 | Arthur Broome - 1850 - 629 pages
...of the country. " The conduct of the " Company's servants upon this occasion," observes Mr. Mill, " furnishes one of the most remarkable instances upon...right and all precedent, that the government of the coun" try should exempt their goods from duty. They now insisted " that it should impose duties upon... | |
 | David Oliver Allen - India - 1856 - 618 pages
...of 50 gentlemen and 100 soldiers, were put to death with the single exception of Mr. Fullerton, * " The conduct of the Company's servants upon this occasion...remarkable instances upon record of the power of interest toextinj.niish all sense of justice and even of shame. They had hitherto insisted, contrary to all... | |
 | Lala Lajpat Rai - Finance, Public - 1917 - 364 pages
...of the Company's servants upon this occasion," says James Mill in his " History of British India," " furnishes one of the most remarkable instances upon...extinguish all sense of justice and even of shame." The move resulted in the defeat of Mir Kassim, who in a fit of fury caused the English prisoners at... | |
 | Romesh Chunder Dutt - Social Science - 2000 - 436 pages
...conduct of the Company's servants upon this occasion," says James Mill in his History of British India, " furnishes one of the most remarkable instances upon...extinguish all sense of justice, and even of shame." " There can be no difference of opinion," adds HH Wilson in his note, " on the proceedings. The narrowsighted... | |
 | Thomas A. Breslin - History - 2002 - 203 pages
...with another Nawab. This prompted James Mill to write of the episode in The History of British India, "The conduct of the Company's servants, upon this...interest to extinguish all sense of justice, and even of shame."21 Still, the English never forgot the power of money. Using subsidies to attract support from... | |
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