262. Refuses to ratify Convention and pillages Madras, ii.
"A History of the Four Georges, Volume I (of 4)"
Justin McCarthy
He let his head fall into the palm of his right hand, and putting his elbows majestically on the table, blinked his eyes and continued talking to himself:- "In twenty years, thanks to that Code, which pillages fortunes under what they call 'Successions,' an heiress worth a million will be as rare as generosity in a money-lender.
"Modeste Mignon"
Honore de Balzac
"In the more thickly populated parts of Africa these fields often stretch for many a mile, and the assiduous care of the Negro women shines in all the brighter light when we consider the insecurity of life, the constant feuds and pillages, in which no one knows whether he will in the end be able to harvest what he has sown.
"The Negro"
W.E.B. Du Bois