 | John Malcolm - 1836 - 436 頁
...characterises the Nabob by a single trait. " He received the proposal of having a sum of money for himself and household at his will with infinite pleasure ; and...shall now have as many dancing girls as I please.' " It is not to be supposed that the Select Committee would object to a plan which threw the greater... | |
 | George Robert Gleig - 1848 - 332 頁
...having a sum of money for himself and household at his will with infinite pleasure, and the only remark he made upon leaving me was, ' Thank God, I shall now have as many dancing-girls as I please.' " So far a large measure of success had attended Olive's endeavours. A... | |
 | George Robert Gleig - 1848 - 332 頁
...having a sum of money for himself and household at his will with infinite pleasure, and the only remark he made upon leaving me was, ' Thank God, I shall now have as many dancing-girls as I please.' " So far a large measure of success had attended Clive's endeavours. A... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1854 - 454 頁
...agreed that the Company should make from their revenues an annual payment of twenty-six Lacs of Kupees. On the other hand, he obtained from the fallen Emperor...please ! ' "f The sagacious views of Clive, on the contrary-went far beyond his treaty or his time. As he writes to the Directors, we find him urge proposals,... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1858 - 190 頁
...Malcolm, vol. ii. pp. 321. and 324. f To General Carnac, May 3. 1765. TREATY WITH THE GREAT MOGUL. 85 venues an annual payment of twenty-six Lacs of Rupees....on the contrary, went far beyond his treaty or his tune. As he writes to the Directors, we find him urge proposals, all of which have since been carried... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1858 - 198 頁
...Orissa, and Bahar. In this transaction, as in almost every other in India during the same period, it ia striking how wide was the interval between nominal...shall now have as many " ' dancing girls as I please !'"•(• The sagacious views of Clive, on the contrary, went far beyond his treaty or his time. As... | |
 | Henry Beveridge - 1862 - 754 頁
...and household at his will with infinite pleasure ;" and, on retiring from the interview, exclaimed, " Thank God, I shall now have as many dancing girls as I please." There was thus no occasion to pay any regard to the nabob in the new arrangement, all modes of carrying... | |
 | John Clark Marshman - 1876 - 582 頁
...expenses of his court and the administration of justice. The young nabob exclaimed with delight, " Thank God, I shall now have as many dancing" girls as I like." The Vizier of Oude had forfeited withthe his kingdom by the result of the war he had vizier... | |
 | John Clark Marshman - 1880 - 606 頁
...expenses of his court and the administration of justice. The young nabob exclaimed with delight, " Thank God, I shall now have as many dancing" girls as I like." The Vizierof Oude had forfeited with the bis kingdom by the result of the war he had vizier... | |
 | George Bruce Malleson - 1882 - 578 頁
...having a sum of money for himself and household at his will with infinite pleasure, and the only remark he made upon leaving me was, ' Thank God, I shall now have as many dancing girls as I please.'" to a conclusion at that place. Thither, therefore, Clive, the Niiwab-Vazir, and Carnac proceeded. The... | |
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With him, as with most Asiatic despots, the contingent future was but an empty name ; and his desire to obtain a fixed and regular income, no longer to be embezzled or diverted by his Ministers, overbalanced every other consideration in his feeble mind.... 
