Critical and historical essaysDent, 1966 |
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Page 509
... English and the Nabob were carried on chiefly by two agents , Mr. Watts , a servant of the Company , and a Bengalee of the name of Omichund . This Omichund had been one of the wealthiest native merchants resident at Calcutta , and had ...
... English and the Nabob were carried on chiefly by two agents , Mr. Watts , a servant of the Company , and a Bengalee of the name of Omichund . This Omichund had been one of the wealthiest native merchants resident at Calcutta , and had ...
Page 513
... English lay . Forty thousand infantry , armed with firelocks , pikes , swords , bows and arrows , covered the plain ... English ; and all were led by English officers , and trained in the English discipline . Conspicuous in the ranks of ...
... English lay . Forty thousand infantry , armed with firelocks , pikes , swords , bows and arrows , covered the plain ... English ; and all were led by English officers , and trained in the English discipline . Conspicuous in the ranks of ...
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... English ministers could not wish to see a war with Holland added to that in which they were already engaged with France ; that they might disavow his acts ; that they might punish him . He had recently remitted a great part of his ...
... English ministers could not wish to see a war with Holland added to that in which they were already engaged with France ; that they might disavow his acts ; that they might punish him . He had recently remitted a great part of his ...
Contents
ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
Introduction by Douglas Jerrold | 18 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 405 |
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