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... paid , and discharges given to the Nabob for all the money , which he had borrowed from his own mother and the mother of his father . That the distresses and disorders in the Nabob's Government , and his debt to the Company , con ...
... paid , and discharges given to the Nabob for all the money , which he had borrowed from his own mother and the mother of his father . That the distresses and disorders in the Nabob's Government , and his debt to the Company , con ...
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... paid to the Resident , to the amount of the Bond given by the Nabob to the Company for his balance of the year 1779-80 , and the said treasure " was taken from the most secret " recesses in the houses of the two eunuchs . " XXVII . That ...
... paid to the Resident , to the amount of the Bond given by the Nabob to the Company for his balance of the year 1779-80 , and the said treasure " was taken from the most secret " recesses in the houses of the two eunuchs . " XXVII . That ...
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... paid , was " recoverable in the course of a few months upon " the Jaghires in his possession ; and that there- " fore it was not worth proceeding to any extre- mities beyond the one described ( namely , the ff confinement of the ...
... paid , was " recoverable in the course of a few months upon " the Jaghires in his possession ; and that there- " fore it was not worth proceeding to any extre- mities beyond the one described ( namely , the ff confinement of the ...
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... paid ! " And in order to add to their terrours and hard- ships , as well as to find some pretext for the further cruel and inhuman acts intended , an apparently groundless and injurious charge was suggested to the imprisoned ministers ...
... paid ! " And in order to add to their terrours and hard- ships , as well as to find some pretext for the further cruel and inhuman acts intended , an apparently groundless and injurious charge was suggested to the imprisoned ministers ...
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... monthly " contingencies , as my trifling letter for hundreds . " However , if you cannot get my bill paid , be so obliging as to return it ; and give me an oppor .66 " tunity " tunity of declaring to the world , that I 32 ARTICLES OF ...
... monthly " contingencies , as my trifling letter for hundreds . " However , if you cannot get my bill paid , be so obliging as to return it ; and give me an oppor .66 " tunity " tunity of declaring to the world , that I 32 ARTICLES OF ...
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Page 37 - Sir, the Nabob having determined to inflict corporal punishment upon the prisoners under your guard, this is to desire that his officers, when they shall come, may have free access to the prisoners, and be permitted to do with them as they shall see proper.
Page 16 - ... due to the Company, he could better, and more expeditiously, effect that object by taking from his mother the treasures of his father, which he...
Page 453 - the governor-general and council are required and directed to pay due obedience to all such orders as they shall receive from the court of directors of the said united company...
Page 264 - Think of their numbers, think of their influence, and the enormous amount of their salaries, pensions, and emoluments! They were, you have heard, an intolerable burden on the revenues and authority of the Vizier ; and they exposed us to the envy and resentment of the whole country, by excluding the native servants and adherents of the prince from the just reward of their services and attachments.
Page 54 - I wish you had been present at the enlargement of the prisoners. The quivering lips, with the tears of joy stealing down the poor men's cheeks, was a scene truly affecting. LXVIII. " If the prayers of these poor men will avail, you will, at the LAST TEUMP ! be translated to the happiest regions in heaven.