...the passage of the armament of a friendly power up the Ganges, he is said to have answered, that " a public man may occasionally be called upon to act with a halter round his neck." The inadequacy of his means was to him the most appalling circumstance ; but this was remedied by the...

...which he disgraced by habitual intoxication, * He remarked, with regard to these transactions, that " a public man may occasionally be called upon to act with a halter round his neck. t The infant brother or nephew of Surajah Dowlah, on the accession of Meer Jaffier, is stated to have...

...measure — and the race of timid politicians appears to have been about this time very numerous in Bengal. Some of them endeavoured to imbue the mind...vindicate his country's honour and to advance his own. It was matter of doubt whether the Dutch intended to bring their ships past the English batteries,...

...numerous in Bengal. Some of them endeavoured to imbue the mind of Clive with their own doubts, and to ahum him by representations of the personal danger which...occasionally be called upon to act with a halter round nil neck." Clive shrunk not from the responsibility which attended a vigorous course of action, but...

...incur by opposing the passage of the armament of a friendly power up the Ganges, he answered that " a public man may occasionally be called upon to act with a halter round his neck." On this principle he was prepared to act, but he was careful at the same time not to omit any precaution...

...Dutch question ; nnd in deciding to stop the reinforcements on their way up the river, remarked, that ' a public man may occasionally be called upon to act with a halter round his neck.' No doubt he acted with discretion as well as vigour. A majority of the Dutch Council had been intriguing...

...which he disgraced by habitual intoxication, • He remarked, with regard to these transactions that " a public man may occasionally be called upon to act with a halter round his neck." t The infant brother or nephew of Surajah lah, on the accession of Meer Jaffier, is stated to have...

...and when his friends pointed out the grave responsibility that he was incurring, he replied that " a public man may occasionally be called upon to act with a halter round his neck." Long afterwards he stated before the Select Committee that " he was sensible how very critical his...

...and Holland were not at war, and he might have been blamed at home for fighting, but, as he wrote, " A public man may occasionally be called upon to act with a halter round his neck." Also, at this very time, a large part of his own private fortune was in the hands of the Dutch Company...