Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Bernh. Tauchnitz jun., 1850 - 349 pages |
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... called the Nizam , who was himself only a deputy of the mighty prince designated by our an- cestors as the Great Mogul . Those names , once so august and formidable , still remain . There is still a Nabob of the Carnatic , who lives on ...
... called the Nizam , who was himself only a deputy of the mighty prince designated by our an- cestors as the Great Mogul . Those names , once so august and formidable , still remain . There is still a Nabob of the Carnatic , who lives on ...
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... called forth all his powers . He re- presented to his superiors that , unless some vigorous effort were made , Trichinopoly would fall , the House of Anaverdy Khan would perish , and the French would become the real masters of the whole ...
... called forth all his powers . He re- presented to his superiors that , unless some vigorous effort were made , Trichinopoly would fall , the House of Anaverdy Khan would perish , and the French would become the real masters of the whole ...
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... called himself a Whig . But this extraordinary appearance of concord was quite delusive . The administration itself was distracted by bitter enmities and conflicting pretensions . The chief object of its members was to depress and ...
... called himself a Whig . But this extraordinary appearance of concord was quite delusive . The administration itself was distracted by bitter enmities and conflicting pretensions . The chief object of its members was to depress and ...
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... called forth all the energy of his bold and active mind . Of the provinces which had been subject to the House of Tamerlane , the wealthiest was Bengal . No part of India pos- sessed such natural advantages , both for agriculture and ...
... called forth all the energy of his bold and active mind . Of the provinces which had been subject to the House of Tamerlane , the wealthiest was Bengal . No part of India pos- sessed such natural advantages , both for agriculture and ...
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... called Aliverdy Khan , and who , like the other viceroys of the Mogul , had become virtually independent . He died in 1756 , and the sovereignty descended to his grandson , a youth under twenty years of age , who bore the name of ...
... called Aliverdy Khan , and who , like the other viceroys of the Mogul , had become virtually independent . He died in 1756 , and the sovereignty descended to his grandson , a youth under twenty years of age , who bore the name of ...
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