Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Bernh. Tauchnitz jun., 1850 - 349 pages |
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... native govern- ments . Its troops were scarcely numerous enough to man the batteries of three or four ill - constructed forts , which had been erected for the protection of the warehouses . The natives , who composed a considerable part ...
... native govern- ments . Its troops were scarcely numerous enough to man the batteries of three or four ill - constructed forts , which had been erected for the protection of the warehouses . The natives , who composed a considerable part ...
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... native rulers , an extensive authority , such as every great Indian landowner exercised within his own domain . But they had never dreamed of claim- ing independent power . The surrounding country was go- verned by the Nabob of the ...
... native rulers , an extensive authority , such as every great Indian landowner exercised within his own domain . But they had never dreamed of claim- ing independent power . The surrounding country was go- verned by the Nabob of the ...
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... native country ; " and again , " I must con- fess , at intervals , when I think of my dear native England , it affects me in a very particular manner ..... If I should be so far blessed as to visit again my own country , but more espe ...
... native country ; " and again , " I must con- fess , at intervals , when I think of my dear native England , it affects me in a very particular manner ..... If I should be so far blessed as to visit again my own country , but more espe ...
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... natives , and then again returned to it . While he was thus wavering between a military and a commercial life , events took place which decided his choice . The politics of India assumed a new aspect . There was peace between the ...
... natives , and then again returned to it . While he was thus wavering between a military and a commercial life , events took place which decided his choice . The politics of India assumed a new aspect . There was peace between the ...
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... native power , and which , after many desperate and doubtful struggles , yielded only to the fortune and genius of England . It was under the reign of Aurung- zebe that this wild clan of plunderers first descended from their mountains ...
... native power , and which , after many desperate and doubtful struggles , yielded only to the fortune and genius of England . It was under the reign of Aurung- zebe that this wild clan of plunderers first descended from their mountains ...
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