Macaulay's Essays on Clive and HastingsScott, Foresman, 1909 - 304 pages |
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Page 44
... authority , such as every great Indian land- owner exercised within his own domain . But they had never dreamed of claiming independent power . The surrounding country was ruled by the Nabob of the Carnatic , a deputy of the Viceroy of ...
... authority , such as every great Indian land- owner exercised within his own domain . But they had never dreamed of claiming independent power . The surrounding country was ruled by the Nabob of the Carnatic , a deputy of the Viceroy of ...
Page 48
... authority . He distinguished himself highly in several operations against the French , and was par- ticularly noticed by Major Lawrence , who was then considered as the ablest British officer in India . Clive had been only a few months ...
... authority . He distinguished himself highly in several operations against the French , and was par- ticularly noticed by Major Lawrence , who was then considered as the ablest British officer in India . Clive had been only a few months ...
Page 52
... , and the name of the Mahratta ditch still pre- serves the memory of the danger . Wherever the viceroys of the Mogul retained authority 35 they became sovereigns . They might still acknowledge in words 52 MACAULAY'S ESSAYS.
... , and the name of the Mahratta ditch still pre- serves the memory of the danger . Wherever the viceroys of the Mogul retained authority 35 they became sovereigns . They might still acknowledge in words 52 MACAULAY'S ESSAYS.
Page 55
... authorities were bound to obey . The party against whom his name was used did not want plausible pre- texts 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 pre- texts for ... authority descended to his son , Nazir Jung . Of the provinces subject to this high functionary , the Carnatic was ...
Page 57
... authority superior even to that of Chunda Sahib . He was intrusted with the command of seven 5 thousand cavalry . It was announced that no mint would be suffered to exist in the Carnatic except that at Pondicherry . A large portion of ...
... authority superior even to that of Chunda Sahib . He was intrusted with the command of seven 5 thousand cavalry . It was announced that no mint would be suffered to exist in the Carnatic except that at Pondicherry . A large portion of ...
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