The Calcutta Review, Volume 14University of Calcutta, 1850 |
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... soon have been the usurpation of the whole by one individual of the brotherhood , possessed of a greater share of ability and daring than the others ; but this was prevented by the occur- rence of the only other probable event - the ...
... soon have been the usurpation of the whole by one individual of the brotherhood , possessed of a greater share of ability and daring than the others ; but this was prevented by the occur- rence of the only other probable event - the ...
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... soon dropped . It is a pity that so little attention is paid in this coun- try to statistical details . Some supposed disinclination on the part of the people is , in most cases , allowed to prevent the in- quiry . But from what has ...
... soon dropped . It is a pity that so little attention is paid in this coun- try to statistical details . Some supposed disinclination on the part of the people is , in most cases , allowed to prevent the in- quiry . But from what has ...
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... soon returned in ap . parent disgrace , and met with a signal mark of the disapproba- tion of Government . It is supposed that the immediate cause of their removal originated in a complaint , that they were want- ing in industry , and ...
... soon returned in ap . parent disgrace , and met with a signal mark of the disapproba- tion of Government . It is supposed that the immediate cause of their removal originated in a complaint , that they were want- ing in industry , and ...
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... soon as the newly fledged Collectors could see their way at all , or rather thought they could . The difference first observable was the appointment of an European Collector , in room of the deputy sent formerly by the court , to ...
... soon as the newly fledged Collectors could see their way at all , or rather thought they could . The difference first observable was the appointment of an European Collector , in room of the deputy sent formerly by the court , to ...
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... soon discovered their safety in the ignorance and inexperience of their European mas- ters . The accounts too were unchecked , and the receipts regu- lated by the pleasure and caprice of the Kardars . Under the Amírs , a certain month ...
... soon discovered their safety in the ignorance and inexperience of their European mas- ters . The accounts too were unchecked , and the receipts regu- lated by the pleasure and caprice of the Kardars . Under the Amírs , a certain month ...
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