The Englishman in IndiaLongmans, Green, 1867 - 351 páginas |
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... enemies on the sea . ' Our reception here , ' writes Roe , ' stands on the same ground from which we have cast them ( the Por- tuguese ) down , which is fear - an honourable but un- certain base . ' He adds that the Moors have a proverb ...
... enemies on the sea . ' Our reception here , ' writes Roe , ' stands on the same ground from which we have cast them ( the Por- tuguese ) down , which is fear - an honourable but un- certain base . ' He adds that the Moors have a proverb ...
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... enemy ! " ' 6 Hitherto the policy of the English in India had been of a sordid and selfish character . Like the pilgrim to Juggernath , who at each step measures a full length on the ground , marking in the dust with his forehead the ...
... enemy ! " ' 6 Hitherto the policy of the English in India had been of a sordid and selfish character . Like the pilgrim to Juggernath , who at each step measures a full length on the ground , marking in the dust with his forehead the ...
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... enemy , but on no account to garrison or to retain any conquests that he might make on land . ‡ On August 18 , 1746 , the fleet of La Bourdonnais , which , after one or two encounters with the English squadron , had been able to ...
... enemy , but on no account to garrison or to retain any conquests that he might make on land . ‡ On August 18 , 1746 , the fleet of La Bourdonnais , which , after one or two encounters with the English squadron , had been able to ...
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... enemy on land . The order was given to disembark . Eleven hundred Frenchmen , with La Bourdonnais at their head , made a rush at Madras . In their train followed Africans , men of Madagascar , and Sepoys . For the first time the English ...
... enemy on land . The order was given to disembark . Eleven hundred Frenchmen , with La Bourdonnais at their head , made a rush at Madras . In their train followed Africans , men of Madagascar , and Sepoys . For the first time the English ...
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... enemies , and his allies . Madras was promised to the Nabob ; La Bourdonnais's proceedings were first ratified and then condemned ; and the French commodore , the English , and the Nabob , all alike insulted and betrayed . La ...
... enemies , and his allies . Madras was promised to the Nabob ; La Bourdonnais's proceedings were first ratified and then condemned ; and the French commodore , the English , and the Nabob , all alike insulted and betrayed . La ...
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