The Works of Lord Macaulay: Complete, Volume 6Longmans, Green and Company, 1871 |
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Page 413
... Meer Jaffier on the throne of Bengal . In return , Meer Jaffier promised ample compen- sation to the Company and its servants , and a liberal donative to the army , the navy , and the committee . The odious vices of Surajah Dowlah , the ...
... Meer Jaffier on the throne of Bengal . In return , Meer Jaffier promised ample compen- sation to the Company and its servants , and a liberal donative to the army , the navy , and the committee . The odious vices of Surajah Dowlah , the ...
Page 414
... Meer Jaffier and the English , and he would not be satisfied unless he saw it with his own eyes . Clive had an expedient ready . Two treaties were drawn up , one on white paper , the other on red , the former real , the latter ...
... Meer Jaffier and the English , and he would not be satisfied unless he saw it with his own eyes . Clive had an expedient ready . Two treaties were drawn up , one on white paper , the other on red , the former real , the latter ...
Page 417
... Meer Jaffier had arrived ; and his terrors became insupportable . Dis- guised in a mean dress , with a casket of jewels in his hand , he let himself down at night from a window of his palace , and , accompanied by only two attendants ...
... Meer Jaffier had arrived ; and his terrors became insupportable . Dis- guised in a mean dress , with a casket of jewels in his hand , he let himself down at night from a window of his palace , and , accompanied by only two attendants ...
Page 420
... Meer Jaffier . There he flung himself on the ground in convulsions of fear , and with tears and loud cries implored the mercy which he had never shown . Meer Jaffier hesitated ; but his son Meeran , a youth of seventeen , who in ...
... Meer Jaffier . There he flung himself on the ground in convulsions of fear , and with tears and loud cries implored the mercy which he had never shown . Meer Jaffier hesitated ; but his son Meeran , a youth of seventeen , who in ...
Page 421
... Meer Jaffier and Clive were sixteen years later condemned by the public voice , and severely criticised in Parliament . They are vehemently de- fended by Sir John Malcolm . The accusers of the victorious general represented his gains as ...
... Meer Jaffier and Clive were sixteen years later condemned by the public voice , and severely criticised in Parliament . They are vehemently de- fended by Sir John Malcolm . The accusers of the victorious general represented his gains as ...
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