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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Page vii
... never before exercised by a British subject ; not even committed to the first magiftrate of our ftate ; and which extends over a spacious region , a numerous and wealthy people . Yet , far removed from controul , in a land whofe every ...
... never before exercised by a British subject ; not even committed to the first magiftrate of our ftate ; and which extends over a spacious region , a numerous and wealthy people . Yet , far removed from controul , in a land whofe every ...
Page xii
... never leave their home , even when not employed in military service , without weapons of offence . The merchants and mechanicks , when they go but a few miles abroad , are all strongly armed ; and in fome of the Northern provinces ...
... never leave their home , even when not employed in military service , without weapons of offence . The merchants and mechanicks , when they go but a few miles abroad , are all strongly armed ; and in fome of the Northern provinces ...
Page 8
... never produced at any former period . It is painful , per- haps not just , to expatiate on the defects , or the misfortunes of a country , and hold them out to public view ; without propofing . remedies for the ills that are exhibited ...
... never produced at any former period . It is painful , per- haps not just , to expatiate on the defects , or the misfortunes of a country , and hold them out to public view ; without propofing . remedies for the ills that are exhibited ...
Page 10
... never been vested with the power , or poffessed of an aspiring temper , he is the less restless , in his prefent fituation . As , the British nation , in the acquifition of their poffeflions in Bengal , have been materially aided , by ...
... never been vested with the power , or poffessed of an aspiring temper , he is the less restless , in his prefent fituation . As , the British nation , in the acquifition of their poffeflions in Bengal , have been materially aided , by ...
Page 19
... never to acquiefce , the King be- " camc highly offended . ( 6 " Sultan Shujah feeing the feafon for failing had passed away , " and perceiving the fituation in which he was then placed was a defperate one , determined on pursuing ...
... never to acquiefce , the King be- " camc highly offended . ( 6 " Sultan Shujah feeing the feafon for failing had passed away , " and perceiving the fituation in which he was then placed was a defperate one , determined on pursuing ...
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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