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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In the Eastern world , Your Lornship has been oppofed to an enemy far more
formidable , the possession of a power never before exercised by a British
subject ; not even committed to the first magistrate of our state ; and which
extends over a ...
In the Eastern world , Your Lornship has been oppofed to an enemy far more
formidable , the possession of a power never before exercised by a British
subject ; not even committed to the first magistrate of our state ; and which
extends over a ...
Page x
... and to say , that however vitiated by the errors of judgment , it has no tendency
to discolour or misrepresent truth . The cursory differtation on the former and
present state of Bengal , may have some claim to favour , from the consideration
that ...
... and to say , that however vitiated by the errors of judgment , it has no tendency
to discolour or misrepresent truth . The cursory differtation on the former and
present state of Bengal , may have some claim to favour , from the consideration
that ...
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... it's lords paramount , and their policy should not be that of a day ; but ,
considering the opulence and wealth of the subject as closely tending to enrich
the common state , they should , at large , support his wants , and encourage his
labours .
... it's lords paramount , and their policy should not be that of a day ; but ,
considering the opulence and wealth of the subject as closely tending to enrich
the common state , they should , at large , support his wants , and encourage his
labours .
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tributed , considerably , to lessen the great demand which was made by those
states , for the produce of Bengal , when Dehli and Ispahan enjoyed reigns of
grandeur and vigour . When it is considered , that the Moghul court , whether in
it's ...
tributed , considerably , to lessen the great demand which was made by those
states , for the produce of Bengal , when Dehli and Ispahan enjoyed reigns of
grandeur and vigour . When it is considered , that the Moghul court , whether in
it's ...
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Rajah Mhal bears at this day an impoverished aspect ; and were it not for the
heaps of ruins interspersed through the town and its environs , which have now
mouldered into a state of deep decay , it would be difficult to discover , that this
place ...
Rajah Mhal bears at this day an impoverished aspect ; and were it not for the
heaps of ruins interspersed through the town and its environs , which have now
mouldered into a state of deep decay , it would be difficult to discover , that this
place ...
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| Title | 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 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, George Forster |
| Author | George Forster |
| Publisher | Faulder, 1798 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | 9 Mar 2010 |
| Length | 315 pages |
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