Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 4Tauchnitz, 1850 - 349 pages |
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... commands which are not to be disputed . There is still a Mogul , who is per- mitted to play at holding courts and receiving petitions , but who has less power to help or hurt than the youngest civil servant of the Company . Clive's ...
... commands which are not to be disputed . There is still a Mogul , who is per- mitted to play at holding courts and receiving petitions , but who has less power to help or hurt than the youngest civil servant of the Company . Clive's ...
Page 15
... command . He was perfectly aware that the most easy and convenient way in which an European adventurer could exer- cise sovereignty in India , was to govern the motions , and to speak through the mouth of some glittering puppet ...
... command . He was perfectly aware that the most easy and convenient way in which an European adventurer could exer- cise sovereignty in India , was to govern the motions , and to speak through the mouth of some glittering puppet ...
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... 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 treasures which former Viceroys of the Deccan had accumu- lated found its ...
... 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 treasures which former Viceroys of the Deccan had accumu- lated found its ...
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... command of Rajah Sahib , son of Chunda Sahib . Rajah Sahib proceeded to invest the fort of Arcot , which seemed quite incapable of sustaining a siege . The walls were ruinous , the ditches dry , the ramparts too narrow to admit the guns ...
... command of Rajah Sahib , son of Chunda Sahib . Rajah Sahib proceeded to invest the fort of Arcot , which seemed quite incapable of sustaining a siege . The walls were ruinous , the ditches dry , the ramparts too narrow to admit the guns ...
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... command of a chief named Morari Row , had been hired to assist Mahommed Ali ; but thinking the French power irresistible , and the triumph of Chunda Sahib certain , they had hitherto remained inactive on the frontiers of the Carnatic ...
... command of a chief named Morari Row , had been hired to assist Mahommed Ali ; but thinking the French power irresistible , and the triumph of Chunda Sahib certain , they had hitherto remained inactive on the frontiers of the Carnatic ...
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