A Journey from Bengal to England: Through the Northern Part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and Into Russia, by the Caspian Sea, Volume 1R. Faulder, 1798 - India |
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... conquest of India . We should pass in- deed a contemptuous , not to fay an unjust cenfure , on the under- standing of the ancient Hindoos , did we fuppofe that they had overlooked a fituation , at once fo favourable to the performance ...
... conquest of India . We should pass in- deed a contemptuous , not to fay an unjust cenfure , on the under- standing of the ancient Hindoos , did we fuppofe that they had overlooked a fituation , at once fo favourable to the performance ...
Page 143
... conquest and empire , would not perhaps have been fo widely opened to a Timur , a Nadir Shah , or , in our day , to a Hyder Ali . When Shujah - ud - Dowlah had formed the resolution of cutting off Mahomet Khuli , he had not yet ...
... conquest and empire , would not perhaps have been fo widely opened to a Timur , a Nadir Shah , or , in our day , to a Hyder Ali . When Shujah - ud - Dowlah had formed the resolution of cutting off Mahomet Khuli , he had not yet ...
Page 161
... conquest and grandeur , the Vizier must have ever been expofed to the counteracting power of the Rohillas , who were all foldiers , and fo far from refpecting his military capacity , they treated it with contempt and derision . The conquest ...
... conquest and grandeur , the Vizier must have ever been expofed to the counteracting power of the Rohillas , who were all foldiers , and fo far from refpecting his military capacity , they treated it with contempt and derision . The conquest ...
Page 163
... conquest of . But we are not to fuppofe that the possession of such inftruments , which had a constant circulation , and flowed from too weak a fource to act with efficacy , would effentially promote the designs of this prince . THAT ...
... conquest of . But we are not to fuppofe that the possession of such inftruments , which had a constant circulation , and flowed from too weak a fource to act with efficacy , would effentially promote the designs of this prince . THAT ...
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... . → " Signed , scaled , and folemnly fworn to , by the contracting parties , September the 7th , 1773. " A fupply of troops for the conquest of Rohilcund . his his schemes , that had his refentments been keener , FORSTER'S TRAVELS .
... . → " Signed , scaled , and folemnly fworn to , by the contracting parties , September the 7th , 1773. " A fupply of troops for the conquest of Rohilcund . his his schemes , that had his refentments been keener , FORSTER'S TRAVELS .
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affiftance affociates Afghan Aftracan againſt Ahmed Shah alfo Allahabad alſo amongſt army Baku Benares Bengal Cafpian cauſe chief coffes compofed courſe defire Dehli difpofition diſtance diſtricts eaſtern empire Engliſh eſpecially eſtabliſhed extenfive faid fame fect feemed feen fervant fervice fide filk firſt fituation fmall foldier fome foon fubject fuch fupplied fupported furfungs hadji Herat himſelf Hindoftan Hindoos hiſtory horfe horſe houſe India inhabitants journey Jumbo Kabul kafilah Kandahar Kaſhmire Kaſhmirian Khan Lahore laſt Mahomet Mahometan Mahrattas maſter Mazanderan meaſure miles moſt mountains muſt myſelf Nadir Nadir Shah neceffary obferved occafionally officer paffed Perfia perfon pleaſure poffeffed poffeffion prefent prince province Punjab purpoſe quarter refidence river Rohilcund Rohilla Ruffian rupees ſaid ſeem ſeen ſhort ſhould Shujah-ud-Dowlah Sicques ſmall ſome ſpace ſpirit ſtands ſtate ſtation ſtrong Tartars territory thefe theſe thoſe thouſand Timur Timur Shah tion town uſe uſually village Vizier weſtern whofe whoſe