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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... wrote in exultation : In a word , I have power , and I will employ it , during the interval in which the credit of it shall last , to retrieve past misfortunes , to remove present dangers , and to re - establish the power of the Company ...
... wrote in exultation : In a word , I have power , and I will employ it , during the interval in which the credit of it shall last , to retrieve past misfortunes , to remove present dangers , and to re - establish the power of the Company ...
Page 319
... wrote Shore to Hastings in 1787 , " and which you always found so grievous a tax , has been entirely subverted . " 1 Cornwallis put the matter to one of the directors very bluntly . " I must freely acknowledge " , he wrote , " that ...
... wrote Shore to Hastings in 1787 , " and which you always found so grievous a tax , has been entirely subverted . " 1 Cornwallis put the matter to one of the directors very bluntly . " I must freely acknowledge " , he wrote , " that ...
Page 597
... wrote , " that no more payments will be made while he is in the hands of the Mahrattas , nor , if I can prevent it , ever more . " The refusal was diplomatically placed to the account of the Bengal famine of 1769–70 . There followed an ...
... wrote , " that no more payments will be made while he is in the hands of the Mahrattas , nor , if I can prevent it , ever more . " The refusal was diplomatically placed to the account of the Bengal famine of 1769–70 . There followed an ...
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