The Calcutta Review, Volume 14University of Calcutta, 1850 |
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... positions to the world : and , were they but as the dust and cinders of our feet , so long , as in that notion , they may yet serve to polish and brighten the armoury of truth , even for that respect , they were not utterly to be cast ...
... positions to the world : and , were they but as the dust and cinders of our feet , so long , as in that notion , they may yet serve to polish and brighten the armoury of truth , even for that respect , they were not utterly to be cast ...
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... position , had ob- tained great influence . The neighbouring hill tribes of the Bra- hús joined in the strife ; and , after a succession of bloody and cruel murders , the Talpúrs , in 1779 , overthrew their masters and usurped the ...
... position , had ob- tained great influence . The neighbouring hill tribes of the Bra- hús joined in the strife ; and , after a succession of bloody and cruel murders , the Talpúrs , in 1779 , overthrew their masters and usurped the ...
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... position of the Scindians and their rulers did not tend to any reciprocity of feeling . There was nothing national in any of the wars , which have thrown down and raised up dynasties . It was the business of the court : and , beyond the ...
... position of the Scindians and their rulers did not tend to any reciprocity of feeling . There was nothing national in any of the wars , which have thrown down and raised up dynasties . It was the business of the court : and , beyond the ...
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... with bound- less ambition , he was brought , late in life , for the first time into a position , which held out to him the prospect of feeding that ambition to the utmost . With a pre 12 BRITISH ADMINISTRATION OF SCINDE .
... with bound- less ambition , he was brought , late in life , for the first time into a position , which held out to him the prospect of feeding that ambition to the utmost . With a pre 12 BRITISH ADMINISTRATION OF SCINDE .
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... position . Besides this , there were several other village officers , kotwals , and choukidars , who remained at the village , and watched and protected it , receiving for their pay either certain lands at the village , or fees at ...
... position . Besides this , there were several other village officers , kotwals , and choukidars , who remained at the village , and watched and protected it , receiving for their pay either certain lands at the village , or fees at ...
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