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... Company ) a province of the Mogul or Delhi empire ; and the Nawaub Vizier of Lucknow was , as the title literally signi- fies , the deputy or vicegerent of the Emperor . Ostensibly his Nabobship has been promoted from the rank of ...
... Company ) a province of the Mogul or Delhi empire ; and the Nawaub Vizier of Lucknow was , as the title literally signi- fies , the deputy or vicegerent of the Emperor . Ostensibly his Nabobship has been promoted from the rank of ...
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... Company's and Native Courts ! Individuals , at least on the English side , are not suffered to retain what is presented to them ; the British Residents taking a list of the articles , and all being sold on the account of the government ...
... Company's and Native Courts ! Individuals , at least on the English side , are not suffered to retain what is presented to them ; the British Residents taking a list of the articles , and all being sold on the account of the government ...
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... company could not have amounted to more than 60 persons , there was no room in the palace large enough to contain us all . We were consequently divided into two parties . The smaller division , of which I was one , dined in a large ...
... company could not have amounted to more than 60 persons , there was no room in the palace large enough to contain us all . We were consequently divided into two parties . The smaller division , of which I was one , dined in a large ...
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... company to a palace in the park , in one of the courts of which the arena for the combats was prepared . In the centre was erected a gigantic cage of strong bamboos , about 50 feet high , and of like diameter , and roofed with rope ...
... company to a palace in the park , in one of the courts of which the arena for the combats was prepared . In the centre was erected a gigantic cage of strong bamboos , about 50 feet high , and of like diameter , and roofed with rope ...
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... Company , was pitched near the hamlet of Nannemow . The difference of the two governments is strikingly manifested in the contrast presented by the rich cultivation of our side the river , and the barren waste on the bank we have just ...
... Company , was pitched near the hamlet of Nannemow . The difference of the two governments is strikingly manifested in the contrast presented by the rich cultivation of our side the river , and the barren waste on the bank we have just ...
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