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... possessed themselves by surprise and treachery ; that in return for these extraordinary concessions , the articles prin- cipally insisted on by the Mahrattas , with a view to their own future tranquillity and internal quiet , were that ...
... possessed themselves by surprise and treachery ; that in return for these extraordinary concessions , the articles prin- cipally insisted on by the Mahrattas , with a view to their own future tranquillity and internal quiet , were that ...
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... possession of that port ; that all these suggestions and assertions were false ; and if they had been true , would have furnished no just oc- casion for attacking either the Mahrattas or the French , with both of whom the British nation ...
... possession of that port ; that all these suggestions and assertions were false ; and if they had been true , would have furnished no just oc- casion for attacking either the Mahrattas or the French , with both of whom the British nation ...
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... possession of a letter from the court of directors , dated the 4th of July , 1777 , containing a positive order to the presidency of Bombay , in the following words : " Though that treaty ( meaning the treaty of Poorunder ) is not ...
... possession of a letter from the court of directors , dated the 4th of July , 1777 , containing a positive order to the presidency of Bombay , in the following words : " Though that treaty ( meaning the treaty of Poorunder ) is not ...
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... possessions on the Malabar coast , he declared , that " from the general tenor of the rest of t treaty , the settlement of Bombay would be in future put such a footing , that it might well become a question , wheth the possession of an ...
... possessions on the Malabar coast , he declared , that " from the general tenor of the rest of t treaty , the settlement of Bombay would be in future put such a footing , that it might well become a question , wheth the possession of an ...
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... possessed by the Company before the war , or delivering up any dependent or ally to the vengeance of his adversaries , but providing for the restoration of all the countries that had been taken from the Company and their allies ...
... possessed by the Company before the war , or delivering up any dependent or ally to the vengeance of his adversaries , but providing for the restoration of all the countries that had been taken from the Company and their allies ...
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