Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies, Volume 9; Volume 26Wm. H. Allen & Company, 1828 - Asia Contains "verbatim reports of Debates at the East-India house, taken in shorthand for these pages". -- cf. v. 1, p. iii. |
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... land 258 miles , to the banks of the Nile , where they were again embarked , and conveyed down the river to different markets . But after the passage to India was discovered , they were at first purchased in the countries of which they ...
... land 258 miles , to the banks of the Nile , where they were again embarked , and conveyed down the river to different markets . But after the passage to India was discovered , they were at first purchased in the countries of which they ...
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are a in E of feudal cavalry , possessing hereditary lands , on the tenure of appearing 320 when callen on . Some of ... land side ; the high ground , above the shores of the Bosphorus , everywhere commanding them : and if a landing were ...
are a in E of feudal cavalry , possessing hereditary lands , on the tenure of appearing 320 when callen on . Some of ... land side ; the high ground , above the shores of the Bosphorus , everywhere commanding them : and if a landing were ...
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... land 1,600 , in the Netherlands and Lom- bardy 2,000 . The same number of indi- viduals collected in Paris on a surface of four or five square leagues , would in Turkey be dispersed over a territory of 1,700 leagues ; and in order to ...
... land 1,600 , in the Netherlands and Lom- bardy 2,000 . The same number of indi- viduals collected in Paris on a surface of four or five square leagues , would in Turkey be dispersed over a territory of 1,700 leagues ; and in order to ...
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... land was ordered to besiege the place ; who immediately advanced to Dundhootee on hearing of the affray , and arrived there on the 11th , being a distance of 150 miles in four days ; however , much to our satis- faction , it appears ...
... land was ordered to besiege the place ; who immediately advanced to Dundhootee on hearing of the affray , and arrived there on the 11th , being a distance of 150 miles in four days ; however , much to our satis- faction , it appears ...
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... land was ordered to besiege the place ; who immediately advanced to Dundhoores on hearing of the affray , and arrived there on the 11th , being a distance of 15 mies in four days ; however , much a ur faction , it appears that Capt ...
... land was ordered to besiege the place ; who immediately advanced to Dundhoores on hearing of the affray , and arrived there on the 11th , being a distance of 15 mies in four days ; however , much a ur faction , it appears that Capt ...
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Page 180 - Upon which charges the court came to the following decision.