Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c20.s7.53

v1.c20.s7.53

This gorgeous court ought to have been, and probably was, impressed with a high opinion of the virtuous self-denial of the inhabitants of Britain; and if history has correctly preserved the transaction, some mark of public gratitude should have been forthcoming from those who so signally benefited thereby. But to borrow the phraseology of the Italian historian, “ Obligations which do not admit of being fully discharged are often repaid with the coin of ingratitude ” : the remains of this man rest in the churchyard of Calcutta, without even a stone to mark the spot !³