The Edinburgh Review, Volume 148A. and C. Black, 1878 - English literature |
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... followed . The first of these was the fourth and last war with Mysore , which ended in the capture of Seringapatam and the final overthrow of that power . Hardly had the Governor - General landed in Calcutta , when news reached him that ...
... followed . The first of these was the fourth and last war with Mysore , which ended in the capture of Seringapatam and the final overthrow of that power . Hardly had the Governor - General landed in Calcutta , when news reached him that ...
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... followed soon afterwards . The government of Oudh , like that of the Deccan , had undergone the inevitable decay which attends oriental monarchies main- tained in such conditions of extraneous support . The first ruler was a great ...
... followed soon afterwards . The government of Oudh , like that of the Deccan , had undergone the inevitable decay which attends oriental monarchies main- tained in such conditions of extraneous support . The first ruler was a great ...
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... followed from our giving to these dissolute tyrants what was in effect absolute security from the conse- quences of their misgovernment , the situation was one that could not be continued for an indefinite period , and Lord Welles- ley ...
... followed from our giving to these dissolute tyrants what was in effect absolute security from the conse- quences of their misgovernment , the situation was one that could not be continued for an indefinite period , and Lord Welles- ley ...
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... followed the conquest of Mysore was a time of unbroken peace , devoted to the labour of extending an organised go- vernment over the territories whose annexations we have described . Of the different measures of civil administration ...
... followed the conquest of Mysore was a time of unbroken peace , devoted to the labour of extending an organised go- vernment over the territories whose annexations we have described . Of the different measures of civil administration ...
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... followed soon the usual disintegration which is the fate of absolute monarchies in the East ; the first step being that the different provincial commanders , to whom are assigned the revenues of the pro- vinces which they occupy as ...
... followed soon the usual disintegration which is the fate of absolute monarchies in the East ; the first step being that the different provincial commanders , to whom are assigned the revenues of the pro- vinces which they occupy as ...
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