Historical and Descriptive Account of British India from the Most Remote Period to the Present Time ...Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1855 - Great Britain |
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... ground on which he could be justified in plundering its contents . The ostensible cause of complaint arose from a report that they were making certain additions to the fortifications around Fort William . Mr. Drake , the English ...
... ground on which he could be justified in plundering its contents . The ostensible cause of complaint arose from a report that they were making certain additions to the fortifications around Fort William . Mr. Drake , the English ...
Page 16
... ground till the an- nual fleet arrived , which would at least have secured their retreat . They importuned the French and Dutch , in this extremity , to make common cause against the Indian ty- rant ; but they only received from the ...
... ground till the an- nual fleet arrived , which would at least have secured their retreat . They importuned the French and Dutch , in this extremity , to make common cause against the Indian ty- rant ; but they only received from the ...
Page 17
... ground . While affairs assumed every hour a more alarming aspect , the ship on board of which were the women and children was seen to weigh anchor and stand down the river , while the other vessels most culpably followed the example ...
... ground . While affairs assumed every hour a more alarming aspect , the ship on board of which were the women and children was seen to weigh anchor and stand down the river , while the other vessels most culpably followed the example ...
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... ground to complain . He desired the captive prince to retire , and assembled his counsellors to deliberate on his fate . Some recommended clemency ; others , among whom was his son Meeran , aged about seventeen , urged the cruel but ...
... ground to complain . He desired the captive prince to retire , and assembled his counsellors to deliberate on his fate . Some recommended clemency ; others , among whom was his son Meeran , aged about seventeen , urged the cruel but ...
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... grounds at the English presidency . They had procured from the Mogul , now a merely nominal potentate , the grant of the valuable territory of the Northern Circars . Mohammed Ali , their ally , whom they had raised to be nabob of the ...
... grounds at the English presidency . They had procured from the Mogul , now a merely nominal potentate , the grant of the valuable territory of the Northern Circars . Mohammed Ali , their ally , whom they had raised to be nabob of the ...
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