A Journey from Bengal to England, Through the Northern Part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia; and Into Russia, by the Caspian Sea, Volume 1 |
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... English should no longer account themfelves fojourners in this country ; they are now , virtually , it's lords paramount , and their policy fhould not be that of a day ; but , confidering the opulence and wealth of the fubject as ...
... English should no longer account themfelves fojourners in this country ; they are now , virtually , it's lords paramount , and their policy fhould not be that of a day ; but , confidering the opulence and wealth of the fubject as ...
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... English , have materially leffened the like imports of the other European nations , who traded to Bengal . For , exclufively of finding a current fale for their commodities , they have been enabled to procure , from the English , large ...
... English , have materially leffened the like imports of the other European nations , who traded to Bengal . For , exclufively of finding a current fale for their commodities , they have been enabled to procure , from the English , large ...
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... English property to Europe could not be fufficiently attained , by means of public bills , the fervants of the Company , and private merchants , have been often driven to the ne- ceffity of exporting fpecie , though fuch a medium be ...
... English property to Europe could not be fufficiently attained , by means of public bills , the fervants of the Company , and private merchants , have been often driven to the ne- ceffity of exporting fpecie , though fuch a medium be ...
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... English to the dominion of a wealthy kingdom . At the distance of a mile below the city , and on the oppofite bank of the river , ftands the burying place of Ali Verdy Khan , known alfo in India by the name of Mahobut Jung ; a man , who ...
... English to the dominion of a wealthy kingdom . At the distance of a mile below the city , and on the oppofite bank of the river , ftands the burying place of Ali Verdy Khan , known alfo in India by the name of Mahobut Jung ; a man , who ...
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... English , in all military operations within their own territory ; whilft their armies on the Coromandel and Malabar Coafts , are , from a want of provisions and ammunition , cramped and impeded in their motions ; and are frequently ...
... English , in all military operations within their own territory ; whilft their armies on the Coromandel and Malabar Coafts , are , from a want of provisions and ammunition , cramped and impeded in their motions ; and are frequently ...
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