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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... servants and military officers would take a trip to England in order to gain admission to council , appointment to some lucrative office , or the command of a regiment or an army out of their turn . The relatives of directors expected ...
... servants and military officers would take a trip to England in order to gain admission to council , appointment to some lucrative office , or the command of a regiment or an army out of their turn . The relatives of directors expected ...
Page 320
... servant , Barlow , nevertheless wrote , " I am aware that there is the strongest objection on general grounds to the governments abroad being filled by the Company's servants , but there is no rule which is universal " . But having ...
... servant , Barlow , nevertheless wrote , " I am aware that there is the strongest objection on general grounds to the governments abroad being filled by the Company's servants , but there is no rule which is universal " . But having ...
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... servants , when once the contract had been let , were limited to a general right of enquiry to prevent the oppression of the cultivators . The monopoly of salt was another source of revenue . Here again the system in force was at one ...
... servants , when once the contract had been let , were limited to a general right of enquiry to prevent the oppression of the cultivators . The monopoly of salt was another source of revenue . Here again the system in force was at one ...
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