The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ...J. Dodsley, 1800 - History |
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... called in for the purpose , that , after doing infinite mifchief , he was defeated and driven out . Such was the man , who now came in the fuite of the governor general , to revifit the city and country of Benares . Upon the governor ...
... called in for the purpose , that , after doing infinite mifchief , he was defeated and driven out . Such was the man , who now came in the fuite of the governor general , to revifit the city and country of Benares . Upon the governor ...
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... called Pateetah , lying about feven miles to the fouthward of Chunar , and in the direct way to the noted pafs of Suck root , and the ftrong fort of Luttéefpore . Major Popham's re- giment , with what force could be fpared from the ...
... called Pateetah , lying about feven miles to the fouthward of Chunar , and in the direct way to the noted pafs of Suck root , and the ftrong fort of Luttéefpore . Major Popham's re- giment , with what force could be fpared from the ...
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... called the fouthern army , and ap- pears to have been deftined to the protection of Tanjour and the ad- joining provinces . It likewife ap- pears that Sir Eyre Coote had early in the year been training every nerve to advance the army ...
... called the fouthern army , and ap- pears to have been deftined to the protection of Tanjour and the ad- joining provinces . It likewife ap- pears that Sir Eyre Coote had early in the year been training every nerve to advance the army ...
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... , as ufual , takes its name from the place where it was concluded ; being a village or town called Salbey , where Mada- jee Scindia had his head - quarters ; and and where it was figned on the 17th of May HISTORY OF EUROPE . [ 77.
... , as ufual , takes its name from the place where it was concluded ; being a village or town called Salbey , where Mada- jee Scindia had his head - quarters ; and and where it was figned on the 17th of May HISTORY OF EUROPE . [ 77.
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... ( called the Poonah treaty ) were to be restored to the Paishwa , within two months after the re- fpective ratifications . Salfette , and the adjoining iflands , ( fo ex- ceedingly valuable and neceffary to Bombay ) which had been ceded ...
... ( called the Poonah treaty ) were to be restored to the Paishwa , within two months after the re- fpective ratifications . Salfette , and the adjoining iflands , ( fo ex- ceedingly valuable and neceffary to Bombay ) which had been ceded ...
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Page 171 - His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought ; Away went hat and wig ! He little dreamt, when he set out, Of running such a rig.
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