Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4D. Appleton, 1879 |
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Page 84
... Bengal . The habits of these mercantile grandces appear to have been more profuse , luxurious , and ostenta- tious , than those of the high judicial and political function- aries who have succeeded them . But comfort was far less ...
... Bengal . The habits of these mercantile grandces appear to have been more profuse , luxurious , and ostenta- tious , than those of the high judicial and political function- aries who have succeeded them . But comfort was far less ...
Page 91
... Bengal . Even the European factors trembled for their magazines . Less than a hundred years ago , it was thought necessary to fortify Calcutta against the horsemen of Berar ; and the name of the Mahratta ditch still preserves the memory ...
... Bengal . Even the European factors trembled for their magazines . Less than a hundred years ago , it was thought necessary to fortify Calcutta against the horsemen of Berar ; and the name of the Mahratta ditch still preserves the memory ...
Page 106
... Bengal . No part of India possessed such natural advantages , both for agriculture and commerce . The Ganges , rushing through a hundred . channels to the sea , has formed a vast plain of rich mould , which , even under the tropical sky ...
... Bengal . No part of India possessed such natural advantages , both for agriculture and commerce . The Ganges , rushing through a hundred . channels to the sea , has formed a vast plain of rich mould , which , even under the tropical sky ...
Page 107
... Bengal was known through the East as the garden of Eden , as the rich kingdom . Its popula- tion multiplied exceedingly . Other provinces were nou- rished from the overflowing of its granaries ; and the ladies of London and Paris were ...
... Bengal was known through the East as the garden of Eden , as the rich kingdom . Its popula- tion multiplied exceedingly . Other provinces were nou- rished from the overflowing of its granaries ; and the ladies of London and Paris were ...
Page 108
... Bengal , together with Orissa and Bahar , had long been governed by a viceroy whom the English called Aliverdy Khan , and who , like the other vice . roys of the Mogul , had become virtually independent . He died in 1756 , and the ...
... Bengal , together with Orissa and Bahar , had long been governed by a viceroy whom the English called Aliverdy Khan , and who , like the other vice . roys of the Mogul , had become virtually independent . He died in 1756 , and the ...
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