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But it was not so in his civil capacity . On him alone devolved , in addition to a large Military command , the absolute conduct- ing of the civil department in all its branches of the revenue , of civil and criminal jurisprudence ...
But it was not so in his civil capacity . On him alone devolved , in addition to a large Military command , the absolute conduct- ing of the civil department in all its branches of the revenue , of civil and criminal jurisprudence ...
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With a pre - conceived and deeply - rooted aversion to every thing that originated , or had any connection , with the members of the Civil Service , he struggled , and certainly not without success , to render his Government as unlike ...
With a pre - conceived and deeply - rooted aversion to every thing that originated , or had any connection , with the members of the Civil Service , he struggled , and certainly not without success , to render his Government as unlike ...
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regiments without a day's experience of civil duties in any department , the greater part of whom had even , when in charge of districts , to learn the difference between the Rubbi and Khurif . Thrown upon their own resources ...
regiments without a day's experience of civil duties in any department , the greater part of whom had even , when in charge of districts , to learn the difference between the Rubbi and Khurif . Thrown upon their own resources ...
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We find him in the next cold weather again leaving his province to join Lord Hardinge at Lahore , delegating his powers in Scinde , civil and military , to Major General Simpson , his second - in - command .
We find him in the next cold weather again leaving his province to join Lord Hardinge at Lahore , delegating his powers in Scinde , civil and military , to Major General Simpson , his second - in - command .
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One of these Collectors had accompanied Sir Charles on his late campaign , and had had a few months ' experience only of civil duties ; the other two had made scarcely more progress in their new studies . The Council met , and wasted ...
One of these Collectors had accompanied Sir Charles on his late campaign , and had had a few months ' experience only of civil duties ; the other two had made scarcely more progress in their new studies . The Council met , and wasted ...
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