The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and AustraliaParbury, Allen, and Company, 1841 - Asia |
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... received by government , were to the effect that the preliminary arrangement made between Captain Elliot and the Imperial Commissioner had not been ratified by the Emperor , " and , indeed , had not been finally concluded between ...
... received by government , were to the effect that the preliminary arrangement made between Captain Elliot and the Imperial Commissioner had not been ratified by the Emperor , " and , indeed , had not been finally concluded between ...
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... received at the hotel a letter , written in English , and anonymous , and left by a messenger who gave no information as to where he came from . This letter exhorted us to be extremely circumspect as to every thing we might say or do ...
... received at the hotel a letter , written in English , and anonymous , and left by a messenger who gave no information as to where he came from . This letter exhorted us to be extremely circumspect as to every thing we might say or do ...
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... received from any previous administration . The measure of this man's iniquity , however , was now full . In less than three weeks after , Nuncomar was arrested on a charge of forgery , preferred by a native merchant in Calcutta , and ...
... received from any previous administration . The measure of this man's iniquity , however , was now full . In less than three weeks after , Nuncomar was arrested on a charge of forgery , preferred by a native merchant in Calcutta , and ...
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... received from my factotum , Chattermohun Ghose , accounting for his temporary absence , which , for the choiceness of its language , is quite a bijou in its way . Chattermohun tells me he was for some time a writer in an adjutant's ...
... received from my factotum , Chattermohun Ghose , accounting for his temporary absence , which , for the choiceness of its language , is quite a bijou in its way . Chattermohun tells me he was for some time a writer in an adjutant's ...
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... received me so uncourteously , that I did not think it necessary to trouble him any more with my company . Before my servants joined me , the revolt of the Brahoe tribes at Mustung had taken place , and my progress to the north was ...
... received me so uncourteously , that I did not think it necessary to trouble him any more with my company . Before my servants joined me , the revolt of the Brahoe tribes at Mustung had taken place , and my progress to the north was ...
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