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" 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... "
Vol.1,2, by lt. col. Williams History of the wars caused by the French ... - Page 31
by William Freke Williams - 1864
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The Library of Original Sources: Era of revolution

Oliver Joseph Thatcher - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1907 - 506 pages
...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 a great number of interlopers united by His Majesty's royal charter, fit only to trade where nobody...
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History of India: From the close of the seventeenth century to the present time

Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson - India - 1907 - 580 pages
...to spare no pains for improving their revenue. " The increase of our revenue," they wrote in 1690, " 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...
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Sketches of Rulers of India ...

George Devereux Oswell - Great Britain - 1908 - 240 pages
...dates from the passing of the following resolution for the guidance of their servants in India : ' 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...
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Bombay in the Making: Being Mainly a History of the Origin and Growth of ...

Behramji Merwanji Malabari - Bombay (India : State) - 1910 - 530 pages
...agility. Next year the Directors passed the following resolution, probably drafted by Sir Josiah : " The increase of our revenue is the subject of our care as much as our trade ; 'tis that must maintain our force when twenty actions may interrupt our trade ; 'tis that must make us a nation in...
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The English People Overseas: A History, Volume 2

A. Wyatt Tilby - Great Britain - 1911 - 304 pages
...The first sign of a change is in a despatch dated 1689. ' The increase of our revenue,' it says, ' 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...
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The Growth of the Empire: A Handbook to the History of Greater Britain

Arthur Wilberforce Jose - Great Britain - 1913 - 498 pages
...grounded, sure English dominion in India for all time to come." In the same spirit they wrote in 1689 "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...
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The British Empire: Six Lectures

Sir Charles Prestwood Lucas - Great Britain - 1915 - 282 pages
...and above the increase or decrease of annual dividends. In the year 1689 they passed a resolution : " 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...
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Indian Constitutional Documents (1773-1915)

Panchanandas Mukherji - Constitutional history - 1915 - 570 pages
...down their future policy in the following resolution said to have been penned by SIR JOSIAH CHILD— "The increase of our revenue is the subject of our care,. ..as much as pur trade ; 'tis that must maintain our force when twenty accidents may interrupt our trade ; 'tis...
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Early English Adventurers in the East

Arnold Wright - Asia - 1917 - 340 pages
...formal declaration in favour of territorial sovereignty. This truly momentous resolution affirmed that " the increase of our revenue is the subject of our care as much as our trade." " 'Tis that," proceeded the document, " must maintain our force when twenty accidents may interrupt our trade ; 'tis...
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Early English Adventurers in the East

Arnold Wright - Asia - 1917 - 342 pages
..." 'Tis that," proceeded the document, " 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 a great number of interlopers, united by His Majesty's royal charter, fit^only to trade^where nobody...
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