Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 4Tauchnitz, 1850 - 349 pages |
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... authority , such as every great Indian landowner exercised within his own domain . But they had never dreamed of claiming independent power . The surrounding country was governed by the Nabob of the Carnatic , a deputy of the Viceroy of ...
... authority , such as every great Indian landowner exercised within his own domain . But they had never dreamed of claiming independent power . The surrounding country was governed by the Nabob of the Carnatic , a deputy of the Viceroy of ...
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... had not before been discerned in him , judgment , sagacity , deference to legitimate authority . He distinguished himself highly in several operations against the French , and was particularly noticed by Major Lawrence LORD CLIVE . 9.
... had not before been discerned in him , judgment , sagacity , deference to legitimate authority . He distinguished himself highly in several operations against the French , and was particularly noticed by Major Lawrence LORD CLIVE . 9.
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... authority they became sovereigns . They might still acknowledge in words the superiority of the house of Tamerlane ; as a Count of Flanders or a Duke of Burgundy might have acknowledged the superiority of the most helpless driveller ...
... authority they became sovereigns . They might still acknowledge in words the superiority of the house of Tamerlane ; as a Count of Flanders or a Duke of Burgundy might have acknowledged the superiority of the most helpless driveller ...
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... authorities were bound to obey . The party against whom his name was used did not want plausible pretexts for ... authority descended to his son , Nazir Jung . Of the provinces subject to this high functionary , the Carnatic was ...
... authorities were bound to obey . The party against whom his name was used did not want plausible pretexts for ... authority descended to his son , Nazir Jung . Of the provinces subject to this high functionary , the Carnatic was ...
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... authority superior even to that of Chunda Sahib . He was intrusted with the command of seven thousand cavalry . It was announced that no mint would be suffered to exist in the Carnatic except that at Pondicherry . A large portion of the ...
... authority superior even to that of Chunda Sahib . He was intrusted with the command of seven thousand cavalry . It was announced that no mint would be suffered to exist in the Carnatic except that at Pondicherry . A large portion of the ...
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