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... seems to have dictated the instructions he gave to Mr. Anderson , [ the gentleman deputed , ] will also appear in this document , as well respecting the particular succession to the rauje , as also the mode of accommodating the demand ...
... seems to have dictated the instructions he gave to Mr. Anderson , [ the gentleman deputed , ] will also appear in this document , as well respecting the particular succession to the rauje , as also the mode of accommodating the demand ...
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... seems likely to be attended with no small difficulty : " that where- as the said Warren Hastings did repeatedly affirm , that it was his intention to support the plan formed by the presi- dency of Bombay in favour of Ragoba , and did ...
... seems likely to be attended with no small difficulty : " that where- as the said Warren Hastings did repeatedly affirm , that it was his intention to support the plan formed by the presi- dency of Bombay in favour of Ragoba , and did ...
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... seems at length to have been generally acknow . ledged by his natural subjects the undoubted heir of his father's authority . IV . That , " regarding the sacred sincerity and 24 ARTICLES OF CHARGE Rights of Fyzoola Khân, &c before the ...
... seems at length to have been generally acknow . ledged by his natural subjects the undoubted heir of his father's authority . IV . That , " regarding the sacred sincerity and 24 ARTICLES OF CHARGE Rights of Fyzoola Khân, &c before the ...
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... seems already to have made his scope and object , and seeking some better colour for his unjust and violent purposes , did further move , that commissioners should be sent from the vizier and the Company to Fyzoola Khân , to insist on a ...
... seems already to have made his scope and object , and seeking some better colour for his unjust and violent purposes , did further move , that commissioners should be sent from the vizier and the Company to Fyzoola Khân , to insist on a ...
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... seems ) after his arrival , he the said Johnson , from opinions imbibed in his journey , did state himself to be " unwilling to draw any favourable or flattering inferences relatively to the ob- ject of his mission ; " and did ...
... seems ) after his arrival , he the said Johnson , from opinions imbibed in his journey , did state himself to be " unwilling to draw any favourable or flattering inferences relatively to the ob- ject of his mission ; " and did ...
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