Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 3Hurd and Houghton, 1874 |
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Page 59
... with great distinction , that he had deliv- ered to the Peshwa letters and presents from Lewis the Sixteenth , and that a treaty , hostile to England , had been concluded between France and the Mah- rattas . WARREN HASTINGS . 59.
... with great distinction , that he had deliv- ered to the Peshwa letters and presents from Lewis the Sixteenth , and that a treaty , hostile to England , had been concluded between France and the Mah- rattas . WARREN HASTINGS . 59.
Page 79
... France , Cheyte Sing was called upon to pay , in addi- tion to his fixed tribute , an extraordinary contribution of fifty thousand pounds . In 1779 , an equal sum was exacted . In 1780 , the demand was renewed . Cheyte Sing , in the ...
... France , Cheyte Sing was called upon to pay , in addi- tion to his fixed tribute , an extraordinary contribution of fifty thousand pounds . In 1779 , an equal sum was exacted . In 1780 , the demand was renewed . Cheyte Sing , in the ...
Page 93
... in former wars . Spain regained Minorca and Florida ; France regained Senegal , Goree , and several West In- dian Islands . The only quarter of the world in which Britain had lost nothing was the quarter in which her WARREN HASTINGS . 93.
... in former wars . Spain regained Minorca and Florida ; France regained Senegal , Goree , and several West In- dian Islands . The only quarter of the world in which Britain had lost nothing was the quarter in which her WARREN HASTINGS . 93.
Page 165
... France , Spain , Russia , Poland , Prussia , Sweden , Denmark , the Ger- manic body , had bound themselves by treaty to main- tain the Pragmatic Sanction . That instrument was placed under the protection of the public faith of the whole ...
... France , Spain , Russia , Poland , Prussia , Sweden , Denmark , the Ger- manic body , had bound themselves by treaty to main- tain the Pragmatic Sanction . That instrument was placed under the protection of the public faith of the whole ...
Page 170
... France , bound as she was by solemn stipulations , could not , without disgrace , make a direct attack on the Austrian dominions . Charles , Elector of Bavaria , pretended that he had a right to a large part of the inheritance which the ...
... France , bound as she was by solemn stipulations , could not , without disgrace , make a direct attack on the Austrian dominions . Charles , Elector of Bavaria , pretended that he had a right to a large part of the inheritance which the ...
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