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Page 44
... Khân and Cossim Ally fined all their zemindars on the necessities of war , and on every pretence either of court necessity or court extrava- gance . " I beseech your lordships seriously to look upon the whole nature of the principles ...
... Khân and Cossim Ally fined all their zemindars on the necessities of war , and on every pretence either of court necessity or court extrava- gance . " I beseech your lordships seriously to look upon the whole nature of the principles ...
Page 54
... Khân particularly valued himself on improving the laws and institutions of his own country . These laws we only have imperfectly in this book ; but we are told in it , and I be- lieve the fact , that he forbad , under pain of death ...
... Khân particularly valued himself on improving the laws and institutions of his own country . These laws we only have imperfectly in this book ; but we are told in it , and I be- lieve the fact , that he forbad , under pain of death ...
Page 55
great Khân or Emperor , without being first duly elected by the princes lawfully assembled in general diet . He then established the privileges and immunities granted to the Tunkawns , that is , to the nobility and gentry of the country ...
great Khân or Emperor , without being first duly elected by the princes lawfully assembled in general diet . He then established the privileges and immunities granted to the Tunkawns , that is , to the nobility and gentry of the country ...
Page 61
... Khân , Khouli Khân , and Tamerlane destroyed ten thou- sand times more people in battle than this man did . Good God ! have they run mad ? Have they lost their senses in their guilt ? Did they ever expect that we meant to com- pare this ...
... Khân , Khouli Khân , and Tamerlane destroyed ten thou- sand times more people in battle than this man did . Good God ! have they run mad ? Have they lost their senses in their guilt ? Did they ever expect that we meant to com- pare this ...
Page 63
... Khân . This writer was connected with the prisoner at your bar in bribery , and has charged him with detaining his bribe . To this Mr. Hastings has answered , that he had paid him long ago . How they have settled that corrupt ...
... Khân . This writer was connected with the prisoner at your bar in bribery , and has charged him with detaining his bribe . To this Mr. Hastings has answered , that he had paid him long ago . How they have settled that corrupt ...
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