Oriental Herald and Colonial Review, Volume 6James Silk Buckingham J. M. Richardson, 1825 |
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Page 28
... custom and salt and opium officers , who must be vested with large powers on purpose , and will not omit the numerous opportunities of levying a tax for their own behoof . So ercely bring a muted by the ste this as a 23 Sources of Revenue.
... custom and salt and opium officers , who must be vested with large powers on purpose , and will not omit the numerous opportunities of levying a tax for their own behoof . So ercely bring a muted by the ste this as a 23 Sources of Revenue.
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... officers who went before us . From the poor cultivator , who wrings from the earth only a bare subsistence , who can take more than all ? One only good there is in our system which was not in that of the Mohammedans , -that the ...
... officers who went before us . From the poor cultivator , who wrings from the earth only a bare subsistence , who can take more than all ? One only good there is in our system which was not in that of the Mohammedans , -that the ...
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... officers , with two field - pieces , would allow themselves to be approached by trenches , in a plain , for three days , and eventually , when the enemy had got within twelve yards , retreat in open day without making an offensive ...
... officers , with two field - pieces , would allow themselves to be approached by trenches , in a plain , for three days , and eventually , when the enemy had got within twelve yards , retreat in open day without making an offensive ...
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... officers as a distinct body . Of various causes tending to the deterioration of the Native army , the diminution of their officers ' authority and influence may be brought for- ward as a primary one . Whether from a feeling of jealousy ...
... officers as a distinct body . Of various causes tending to the deterioration of the Native army , the diminution of their officers ' authority and influence may be brought for- ward as a primary one . Whether from a feeling of jealousy ...
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... Officers may be considered the nerve , the invigorating spirit , the very soul of Native troops . British soldiers are the most undaunted , courageous , and persevering perhaps in the world , yet their officers are not only more ...
... Officers may be considered the nerve , the invigorating spirit , the very soul of Native troops . British soldiers are the most undaunted , courageous , and persevering perhaps in the world , yet their officers are not only more ...
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