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Page 511
... Clive learned that Omichund was likely to play false . The artful Bengalee had been promised a liberal compensation for all that he had lost at Calcutta . But this would not satisfy him . His services had been great . He held the thread ...
... Clive learned that Omichund was likely to play false . The artful Bengalee had been promised a liberal compensation for all that he had lost at Calcutta . But this would not satisfy him . His services had been great . He held the thread ...
Page 520
... Clive . The persons who were selected to form this new government , greatly to their honour , took on themselves the responsibility of disobeying these preposterous orders , and invited Clive to exercise the supreme authority . He ...
... Clive . The persons who were selected to form this new government , greatly to their honour , took on themselves the responsibility of disobeying these preposterous orders , and invited Clive to exercise the supreme authority . He ...
Page 527
... Clive , and remembered with bitterness the audacity with which the late governor of Bengal had repeatedly set at nought the authority of the distant Directors of the Company . An apparent reconciliation took place after Clive's arrival ...
... Clive , and remembered with bitterness the audacity with which the late governor of Bengal had repeatedly set at nought the authority of the distant Directors of the Company . An apparent reconciliation took place after Clive's arrival ...
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HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
INDEX | 38 |
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