Calcutta Review, Volume 9University of Calcutta, 1848 |
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Page 13
... and the conse- quent increase of wealth . It is not directed by any great amount of skill , it is not always exerted with continuity , and it is certainly not aided by any remarkable power THE PLAINS OF THE LOWER GANGES . 13.
... and the conse- quent increase of wealth . It is not directed by any great amount of skill , it is not always exerted with continuity , and it is certainly not aided by any remarkable power THE PLAINS OF THE LOWER GANGES . 13.
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... increase of delay to both man and beast while , as if to give a practical commentary on Burke's famous dictum , the vacuum created by the fallen em- bankment is invariably the place where the water remains the longest , where the first ...
... increase of delay to both man and beast while , as if to give a practical commentary on Burke's famous dictum , the vacuum created by the fallen em- bankment is invariably the place where the water remains the longest , where the first ...
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... increase our dominions , no man could maintain such a resolu- tion inflexibly in all circumstances , and indeed least of all in the very event most likely to happen , namely , of some neighbouring state , greatly increasing its force ...
... increase our dominions , no man could maintain such a resolu- tion inflexibly in all circumstances , and indeed least of all in the very event most likely to happen , namely , of some neighbouring state , greatly increasing its force ...
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... increased to 10,000 , and before 1798 to 14,000 men . This large and comparatively well - disci- plined force was officered entirely by Frenchmen , who of course obtained very considerable influence at the Court of Hyderabad , and who ...
... increased to 10,000 , and before 1798 to 14,000 men . This large and comparatively well - disci- plined force was officered entirely by Frenchmen , who of course obtained very considerable influence at the Court of Hyderabad , and who ...
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... increasing the number of our enemy ? " In the event of a war with Mysore , " wrote the Governor - Generalin 1798 , " there can be no doubt that the wishes and interests of this part of the Nizam's army must be favorable to the cause of ...
... increasing the number of our enemy ? " In the event of a war with Mysore , " wrote the Governor - Generalin 1798 , " there can be no doubt that the wishes and interests of this part of the Nizam's army must be favorable to the cause of ...
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