The Oriental herald and colonial review [ed. by J.S. Buckingham]., Volume 4James Silk Buckingham 1825 |
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... period at which this may happen , has occasioned some confusion and embarrassment in the ante- chamber here , as to the nomination of a successor . Had it so happened that the high offices of Governor - General and Commander - in ...
... period at which this may happen , has occasioned some confusion and embarrassment in the ante- chamber here , as to the nomination of a successor . Had it so happened that the high offices of Governor - General and Commander - in ...
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... period , sovereign of Lipukasi , and had the reputation of being the best politician in Celebes . Mr. Crawford saw her in 1814 ; she was then about fifty years of age , and appeared full of intelligence and resolution.2o Not many days ...
... period , sovereign of Lipukasi , and had the reputation of being the best politician in Celebes . Mr. Crawford saw her in 1814 ; she was then about fifty years of age , and appeared full of intelligence and resolution.2o Not many days ...
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... period . Among the ladies of the Carnatic , also , according to the Abbé Dubois , it would be difficult to invent any other . safeguard than marriage , they are so soft in manners and so prone to seduction . " In Java , a woman is ...
... period . Among the ladies of the Carnatic , also , according to the Abbé Dubois , it would be difficult to invent any other . safeguard than marriage , they are so soft in manners and so prone to seduction . " In Java , a woman is ...
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... period to twelve months , and raises the qua- lifying sum from five hundred to a thousand pounds . What a scene of cabal and faction must have been displayed in a ge- neral court before the year 1784 , when , as the late Lord ( then Mr ...
... period to twelve months , and raises the qua- lifying sum from five hundred to a thousand pounds . What a scene of cabal and faction must have been displayed in a ge- neral court before the year 1784 , when , as the late Lord ( then Mr ...
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... period , some reverses having been experienced , a sudden panic seized the army , and a council of war was held at Cundapore , by which it was decided that that post was no longer tenable . Measures were immediately taken to abandon it ...
... period , some reverses having been experienced , a sudden panic seized the army , and a council of war was held at Cundapore , by which it was decided that that post was no longer tenable . Measures were immediately taken to abandon it ...
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