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... hand , it is not to be rashly as- sumed that , as India is the Italy , so are the Indian races the Italians of Asia . All Asiatics are unscru- pulous and unforgiving . The natives of Hindustan are peculiarly so ; but they are also ...
... hand , it is not to be rashly as- sumed that , as India is the Italy , so are the Indian races the Italians of Asia . All Asiatics are unscru- pulous and unforgiving . The natives of Hindustan are peculiarly so ; but they are also ...
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... hands of claimants to the throne ultimately vanquished , the concession could rarely be wrested by the exhausted conqueror . Or , when it was , there was always at hand a partisan to be provided for , who took the gift on the same terms ...
... hands of claimants to the throne ultimately vanquished , the concession could rarely be wrested by the exhausted conqueror . Or , when it was , there was always at hand a partisan to be provided for , who took the gift on the same terms ...
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... hands . And still more did it resemble some splendid palace , whose gilded cupolas and towering minarets are built of materials collected from every quarter of the world , only to collapse in undistinguishable ruin when the Ficus ...
... hands . And still more did it resemble some splendid palace , whose gilded cupolas and towering minarets are built of materials collected from every quarter of the world , only to collapse in undistinguishable ruin when the Ficus ...
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... hands , there were numerous evil influences ready to attend its assumption by any hands that were less experienced and strong . The prize was no less than the possession of the whole peninsula , esti- mated to have yielded a yearly ...
... hands , there were numerous evil influences ready to attend its assumption by any hands that were less experienced and strong . The prize was no less than the possession of the whole peninsula , esti- mated to have yielded a yearly ...
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... hand of his daughter for the Emperor , who , like some of his predecessors , was anxious to marry a Hindu princess . But the levity and irresolution of the Emperor soon led to his being , in his turn , dethroned and slaughtered . The ...
... hand of his daughter for the Emperor , who , like some of his predecessors , was anxious to marry a Hindu princess . But the levity and irresolution of the Emperor soon led to his being , in his turn , dethroned and slaughtered . The ...
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Abdáli Afghan Afrásyáb Agra Ahmad Allahabad army artillery attack Aurangzeb authority battalions battle Begam Bengal Bhao Bhartpur Bihár Boigne British Calcutta Calcutta Gazette camp campaign chief command Crown 8vo death Deccan Dehli Doáb Emperor Empire enemy English European favour force Francklin French Ghausgarh Gházi Gházi-ud-din Gholám Kádir Gohad Government Gwalior Hindu Hindustan Holkar horse Imperial India infantry Ismail Beg Jaipur Jamna Játs Jodhpur joined Kuli Khán lakhs late latter leader Lucknow Mádhoji Sindhia Mahrattas Majad-ud-daulah marched Meerut minister Mir Mannu Mirza Najaf Khán Moghul Moghul Empire Mohamad Beg Mohamadan Mohammad Musalman Najaf Kuli Najib native Nawab Nizám officers once palace Pánipat Patel Pathans Persian Peshwa plunder present prince provinces Rájput Rána retired Rohilkand Rohillas rupees Safdar Jang Sardhana sent Shah Shah Alam Shujäá Shujäá-ud-daulah Sikhs Singh soon Sumroo Suraj territory throne tion troops Vazir Viceroy of Audh Vide sup Zábita Khán
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