 | John Crawfurd - 1830 - 506 lehte
...of Jehore) treated me very kindly, and made me a present of the island of Singapore; but I told him it could be of no use to a private person, though...proper place for a company to settle a colony on, lying mand all the avenues of the great Straits. In a military point of view, they are more defensible; they... | |
 | John Crawfurd - 1856 - 480 lehte
...king of Johor) treated me very kindly and made me a present of the island of Singapore, but I told him it could be of no use to a private person, though a proper placo for a company to settle a colony on, lying in the centre of trade, and being accommodated with... | |
 | John Franklin Jameson, Henry Eldridge Bourne, Robert Livingston Schuyler - 1899 - 830 lehte
...but I 1 Dictionarv of National Biography, sv told him it could be of no Use to a private Person, tho' a proper Place for a Company to settle a Colony on, lying in the Center of Trade and being accommodated with good Rivers and safe Harbours, so conveniently situated,... | |
 | John Franklin Jameson, Henry Eldridge Bourne, Robert Livingston Schuyler - 1899 - 912 lehte
...but I 1 Dictionarv of National Biography, sv told him it could be of no Use to a private Person, tho' a proper Place for a Company to settle a Colony on, lying in the Center of Trade and being accommodated with good Rivers and safe Harbours, so conveniently situated,... | |
 | John Franklin Jameson, Henry Eldridge Bourne, Robert Livingston Schuyler - 1899 - 842 lehte
...but I 1 Dictionary of National Biography, sv told him it could be of no Use to a private Person, tho" a proper Place for a Company to settle a Colony on, lying in the Center of Trade and being accommodated with good Rivers and safe Harbours, so conveniently situated,... | |
 | A. Wyatt Tilby - 1912 - 468 lehte
...of Johore] treated me very kindly, and made me a present of the island of Singapore. But I told him it could be of no use to a private person, though a proper place for a company to settle a colony in.' 1 The East India Company, however, had no such ambitions ; and the Dutch yet remained supreme... | |
 | 1917 - 198 lehte
...but I 1 Dictionary of National Biography, sv told him it could be of no Use to a private Person, tho' a proper Place for a Company to settle a Colony on, lying in the Center of Trade and being accommodated with good Rivers and Safe Harbours, so conveniently situated,... | |
 | Allister Macmillan - 1925 - 544 lehte
...It could be of no use to a private person, tho' a proper place for a company to settle a colony in, lying in the centre of trade, and being accommodated...rivers and safe harbours, so conveniently situated so that all winds serve shipping both to go out and come in." Unable to take advantage of the gift... | |
 | Robert Beverley Pargiter, Harold Griffin Eady - 1927 - 244 lehte
...Hamilton, as far back as 1703 ; but Hamilton had remarked, with true Scotch caution and foresight, "that it could be of no use to a private person, though a proper place for a company to settle a colony in, lying in the centre of trade, and being accommodated with good rivers and safe harbours, so conveniently... | |
 | Donald B. Freeman - 2003 - 288 lehte
...island] could be of no use to a private person, tho' a proper place for a company to settle a colony in, lying in the centre of trade, and being accommodated...rivers and safe harbours, so conveniently situated so that all winds serve shipping both to go out and come in" (quoted in MacMillan 1923, 199). At that... | |
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Person, tho' a proper Place for a Company to settle a Colony on, lying in the Center of Trade and being accommodated with good Rivers and safe Harbours, so conveniently situated, that all Winds served Shipping both to go out and come into... 