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" We have, in our anxiety to make every thing as English as possible in a country which resembles England in nothing, attempted to create at once, throughout extensive provinces, a kind of landed property which had never existed in them ; and in the pursuit... "
The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India ... - Page 233
1830
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The Life of Major-General Sir Thomas Munro, Bart. and K.C.B., Late ..., Volume 3

George Robert Gleig - 1830 - 466 pages
...though made after what was thought by us to be mature discussion, must appear to them as little better than the result of mere caprice. We have, in our anxiety...many cases, deprived the real owners, the occupant Rayets, of their proprietary rights, and bestowed them on Zemindars, and other imaginary landlords....
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The British Colonial Library, [comprising a Popular and Authentic ...

Robert Montgomery Martin - 1837 - 390 pages
...although made after what was thought by us to be mature discussion, must appear to them as little better than the result of mere caprice. We have in our anxiety...landed property which had never existed in them.' These, indeed, are profound truths. CHAPTER XL VARIETIES OF LANGUAGE, THEIR FILIATION, &C. — APPEARANCE...
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History of the British Possessions in the East Indies, Volume 1

Robert Montgomery Martin - 1837 - 392 pages
...although made after what was thought by us to be mature discussion, must appear to them as little better than the result of mere caprice. We have in our anxiety...landed property which had never existed in them.' These, indeed, are profound truths. VARIETIES OF LANGUAGE, THEIR FILIATION, &C. APPEARANCE AND STATURE...
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The History of the British Empire in India, Volume 2

Edward Thornton - 1842 - 632 pages
...though made after what was thought by us to be mature discussion, must appear to them as little better than the result of mere caprice. We have, in our anxiety...extensive provinces a kind of landed property which has never existed in them ; and in the pursuit of this object we have relinquished the rights which...
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The History of the British Empire in India, Volume 2

Edward Thornton - 1842 - 604 pages
...though made after what was thought by us to be mature discussion, must appear to them as little better than the result of mere caprice. We have, in our anxiety...to create at once throughout extensive provinces a land of landed property which has never existed in them ; and in the pursuit of this object we have...
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Life of Sir Thomas Munro

George Robert Gleig - 1849 - 390 pages
...made after what was thought by us fo be mature discussion, it must appear to them as little better than the result of mere caprice. We have, in our anxiety...many cases, deprived the real owners, the occupant rayets, of their proprietary rights, and bestowed them on zemindars, and other imaginary landlords....
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Life of Sir Thomas Munro

George Robert Gleig - 1849 - 388 pages
...made after what was thought by us to be mature discussion, it must appear to them as little better than the result of mere caprice. We have, in our anxiety...rights which the sovereign always possessed in the Boil, and we have, in many cases, deprived the real owners, the occupant rayets, of their proprietary...
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Major-General Sir Thomas Munro, Governor of Madras ..., Part 12, Volume 1

Sir Thomas Munro - 1881 - 504 pages
...to them as little better than the result of mere caprice. We have in our anxiety to make everything as English as possible in a country which resembles...we have in many cases deprived the real owners, the omipant ryots, of their proprietary rights, and bestowed them on zemindars and other imaginary landlords....
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The Modern Review, Volume 14

Ramananda Chatterjee - 1913 - 422 pages
...: "We have, in our anxiety to make everything as English as possible in a country which resenibles England in nothing, attempted to create at once, throughout...extensive provinces, a kind of landed property which has never existed in them ; and in the pursuit of this object, we have relinquished the rights which...
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Colonialism and Culture

Nicholas B. Dirks - 1992 - 420 pages
...proprietary rights. Thomas Munro was correct to assert that we have, in our anxiety to make everything as English as possible in a country which resembles...kind of landed property which had never existed in them.24 As Munro predicted, the nineteenth century did not witness the actual creation of a landed...
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