A Journey From Bengal To England: Through The Northern Part Of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, And Persia And Into Russia By The Caspian-See. In Two Volumes, Volume 1 |
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... most precious are now no longer known . The distracted and im- poverished condition of the Moghul and Perfian empires , hath con- tributed , tributed , confiderably , to leffen the great demand which FORSTER'S TRAVELS .
... most precious are now no longer known . The distracted and im- poverished condition of the Moghul and Perfian empires , hath con- tributed , tributed , confiderably , to leffen the great demand which FORSTER'S TRAVELS .
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... Empire still preserved a large poffeffion of its power , the balance of the re- venues of Bengal , was punctually conveyed , in specie and † Bills , to the Imperial treasury . The remittance of this amount has been known to cause fo ...
... Empire still preserved a large poffeffion of its power , the balance of the re- venues of Bengal , was punctually conveyed , in specie and † Bills , to the Imperial treasury . The remittance of this amount has been known to cause fo ...
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... empires too narrow for their scope , and that mankind were only created to become the instruments of their mad defires : thefe once towering crea- tures , are now , per force , lodged in very moderate apartments , where their turbulent ...
... empires too narrow for their scope , and that mankind were only created to become the instruments of their mad defires : thefe once towering crea- tures , are now , per force , lodged in very moderate apartments , where their turbulent ...
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... Empire of Hindooftan ; who , however well - founded his claims to accuracy , could not have attained the poffeffion of more authentic documents , than a perfon , who was himfelf brought forward into the action of the day , and whofe ...
... Empire of Hindooftan ; who , however well - founded his claims to accuracy , could not have attained the poffeffion of more authentic documents , than a perfon , who was himfelf brought forward into the action of the day , and whofe ...
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... empire , were little less enthusiastic in the admira- tion of Grecian productions and literature , than the Romans . And it is a fact in need of no illuftration , that the revival of letters and the arts , after the Roman world had been ...
... empire , were little less enthusiastic in the admira- tion of Grecian productions and literature , than the Romans . And it is a fact in need of no illuftration , that the revival of letters and the arts , after the Roman world had been ...
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affiftance Afghan againſt Ahmed Shah alfo Allahabad alſo amongſt army battle of Buxar Bellafpour Benares Bengal caufe cauſe chief cloſe coffes compofed courſe defire Dehli difpofition diſtricts dominion Engliſh eſtabliſhed extenfive faid fame fect feem feen fervant fervice fide firſt fituation flain fmall foldier fome foon ftate ftrength fubject fuccefs fuch fupplied fupported Ganges Hafiz Rhamut himſelf Hindoftan Hindoos hiſtory horfe horſe houſe India Jumbo Kaſhmire Kaſhmirian lacks of rupees Lahore laſt Lucknow Mahomet Mahometan Mahrattas meaſure moſt mountains muſt myſelf Nadir Shah Najeb Najeb-ud-Dowlah Nanock obferved occafion officer Oude Patan Patna perfon pleaſure poffeffed poffeffion prefent prince profeffion province Punjab purpoſe raiſed refidence river Rohilcund Rohilla rupees Saadut Khan ſeem ſeen ſhould Shujah-ud-Dowlah Sicques Sirhend ſmall ſome ſpace ſpirit ſtate ſtation ſtrong Sufdar Jung Sultan Shujah ſuppoſed territory theſe thoſe tion town troops uſe village Vizier whofe whoſe worſhip