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 171
... seems to have set his face against this practical extension of English privileges ; but it seems clear that under his government it went on , though perhaps not in any great volume , and that at the end of his government Mir Ja'far ...
... seems to have set his face against this practical extension of English privileges ; but it seems clear that under his government it went on , though perhaps not in any great volume , and that at the end of his government Mir Ja'far ...
Page 239
... seems impossible to believe that such motives could affect men in the position of Monson and Clavering . There is the less reason for the supposition , since the contemptuous and heartless way in which they answered Farrer seems to show ...
... seems impossible to believe that such motives could affect men in the position of Monson and Clavering . There is the less reason for the supposition , since the contemptuous and heartless way in which they answered Farrer seems to show ...
Page 506
... seems to have understood what was happening better than Macnaghten , but he hoped for the best ; he was misled and made the most of any trifling success . Sale , who was soon afterwards wounded , was directed to clear the passes ...
... seems to have understood what was happening better than Macnaghten , but he hoped for the best ; he was misled and made the most of any trifling success . Sale , who was soon afterwards wounded , was directed to clear the passes ...
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