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... naturally well - fitted for intrigue and cunning , being patient , supple , and insinuating . He is very litigious , and will hold it meri- torious to take a bribe in a good cause , but a venial offence if the cause be bad . He is ...
... naturally well - fitted for intrigue and cunning , being patient , supple , and insinuating . He is very litigious , and will hold it meri- torious to take a bribe in a good cause , but a venial offence if the cause be bad . He is ...
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... naturally he was more inclined to ease than ambition . His heart seems to have been hardened by his long misfortunes and disappoint- ments , and he became at the end of his reign tyrannical and cruel . Wars.-I. With Bāban and Bāyazid ...
... naturally he was more inclined to ease than ambition . His heart seems to have been hardened by his long misfortunes and disappoint- ments , and he became at the end of his reign tyrannical and cruel . Wars.-I. With Bāban and Bāyazid ...
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... naturally desirous of mounting the throne of his ancestors , he threw himself on Maratta protection , and was installed at Delhi on 25th December , 1771. Rohil- kund was then ravaged , and vast plunder appropriated by the victors , but ...
... naturally desirous of mounting the throne of his ancestors , he threw himself on Maratta protection , and was installed at Delhi on 25th December , 1771. Rohil- kund was then ravaged , and vast plunder appropriated by the victors , but ...
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... naturally produced a host of accusations against him , the chief of which were two grave charges of bribery preferred by one Nundu Kumar , a wealthy but disreputable and intriguing Hindū . The majority of the Council , comprising ...
... naturally produced a host of accusations against him , the chief of which were two grave charges of bribery preferred by one Nundu Kumar , a wealthy but disreputable and intriguing Hindū . The majority of the Council , comprising ...
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... naturally made this an engine for illegal exactions and extortion in the matter of rents . The infliction of a permanent settlement on those provinces in the North - west , either ceded or conquered during Lord Wellesley's ...
... naturally made this an engine for illegal exactions and extortion in the matter of rents . The infliction of a permanent settlement on those provinces in the North - west , either ceded or conquered during Lord Wellesley's ...
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