The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 4John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Page 169
... emperor.2 The design proves the political imbecility of Vansittart . It mattered nothing to the English who called himself emperor , and it would have been the height of folly to dissipate their unconsolidated power in interfering in ...
... emperor.2 The design proves the political imbecility of Vansittart . It mattered nothing to the English who called himself emperor , and it would have been the height of folly to dissipate their unconsolidated power in interfering in ...
Page 176
... emperor . The settlement has been attacked on both sides — as a breach of faith with the emperor in taking away from him what had been promised , and as bestowing territory on one who would not be able to protect it . As regards the ...
... emperor . The settlement has been attacked on both sides — as a breach of faith with the emperor in taking away from him what had been promised , and as bestowing territory on one who would not be able to protect it . As regards the ...
Page 597
... emperor or one of his ministers called upon the English to withdraw from their position , or at the least to lend the emperor troops who might be paid out of the arrears . Hastings at last wrote , " I must plainly declare that until the ...
... emperor or one of his ministers called upon the English to withdraw from their position , or at the least to lend the emperor troops who might be paid out of the arrears . Hastings at last wrote , " I must plainly declare that until the ...
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