 | Sir William Henry Sleeman - Oudh (Princely State) - 1858 - 442 pages
...during the period of a long lease ; while here you are never sure that the terms of your lease will be respected for a single season." — " That is all...to all ; but, in spite ,of all their efforts, the wrong-doer often escapes, and the sufferer is as often punished." "The truth, sir, is seldom told in... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - 1879 - 612 pages
...districts under the Oude government most grievously oppress. They told me : — " 'Your courts of justice are the things we most dread, sir ; and we are glad...exposed to on our return to the place of our birth. • • • The truth, sir, is seldom told in these courts. There they think of nothing but the number... | |
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Your courts of justice are the things we most dread, sir; and we are glad to escape from them as soon as we can, in spite of all the evils we are exposed to on our return to the place of our birth. 