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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... 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 lessen 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 lessen the great demand which FORSTER'S TRAVELS .
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... Empire ftill preserved a large poffeffion of its power , the balance of the re- venues of Bengal , was punctually conveyed , in fpecie and † Bills , to the Imperial treasury . The remittance of this amount has been known to cause fo ...
... Empire ftill preserved a large poffeffion of its power , the balance of the re- venues of Bengal , was punctually conveyed , in fpecie 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 Hindoostan ; who , however well - founded his claims to accuracy , could not have attained the poffeffion of more authentic documents , than a perfon , who was himself brought forward into the action of the day , and whose ...
... Empire of Hindoostan ; who , however well - founded his claims to accuracy , could not have attained the poffeffion of more authentic documents , than a perfon , who was himself brought forward into the action of the day , and whose ...
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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 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