 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1879 - 1146 pages
...foundations of our Indian Empire. The Duke of Wellington, writing a letter to Major Malcolm, said — " I would sacrifice Gwalior, or every Frontier of India, ten times over in order to save our credit for scrupulous good faith." Becently a celebrated historian, who gave utterance to... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - 1879 - 612 pages
...States, pp. 21 ; 23. 42 43 were equally ready to " sacrifice Gwalior or every other frontier in'Inclia ten times over, in order to preserve our credit for scrupulous good faith."* The mode of dealing with Sattara did not contribute to raise the British name either for generosity... | |
 | Bibliography - 1884 - 396 pages
...(S. Low & Co., 1869), occur the following passages : — " I would sacrifice Gwalior, or indeed all India, ten times over, in order to preserve our credit for scrupulous good faith. ' ' Better lose ten provinces than sacrifice our reputation for scrupulous good faith, and the good... | |
 | Sir John William Kaye - British - 1889 - 692 pages
...currency — were written by Arthur Wellesley. ' I would sacrifice Gwalior,' he wrote to Malcolm, ' or every frontier of India ten times over, in order...credit for scrupulous good faith and the advantages and honour we gained by the late war and peace ; and we must not fritter them away in arguments drawn from... | |
 | Sir George Forrest - Generals - 1901 - 532 pages
...Sindia's hands. The General considered that "the argument is on our side"; but he wrote to Malcolm : " I would sacrifice Gwalior, or every frontier of India,...for scrupulous good faith, and the advantages and honour we gained by the late war and the late peace ; and we must not fritter them away in arguments... | |
 | Sir George Forrest - India - 1912 - 748 pages
...hands. General Wellesley considered that " the argument is on our side" ; but he wrote to Malcolm, " I would sacrifice Gwalior, or every frontier of India,...for scrupulous good faith, and the advantages and honours we gained by the late war and the late peace ; and we must not fritter them away in arguments... | |
 | G. W. Forrest - History - 2000 - 568 pages
...hands. General Wellesley considered that " the argument is on our side "; but he wrote to -Malcolm " I would sacrifice Gwalior, or every frontier of India, ten times over, in order to pl-eserve our credit for scrupulous good faith, and the advantages and honours we gained by the late... | |
 | George William Forrest, Sir George Forrest - India - 2006 - 732 pages
...hands. General Wellesley considered that " the argument is on our side" ; but he wrote to Malcolm, " I would sacrifice Gwalior, or every frontier of India,...for scrupulous good faith, and the advantages and honours we gained by the late war and the late peace ; arid we must not fritter them away in arguments... | |
 | John Kenneth Severn - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 628 pages
...expression of family solidarity. Still, Arthur could never resist the self-righteous pronouncement. "I would sacrifice Gwalior, or every frontier of India, ten times over," he wrote to Malcolm, "in order to preserve our credit for scrupulous good faith, and the advantages... | |
 | John Andrews Benn - 642 pages
...lose our character for truth and good faith, we shall have but little to stand upon in this country." "I would sacrifice Gwalior, or every frontier of India,...and honor we gained by the late war and the peace. . . . What brought me through many difficulties in the war, and the negociations for peace? The British... | |
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... and we must not fritter them away in arguments, drawn from overstrained principles of the laws of nations, which are not understood in this country. What brought me through many difficulties in the war, and the negotiations for peace ? The British... 
