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" a great captain, and the only one who has had ' the magnanimity to raise a new kingdom, while I have ' been endeavouring to destroy the ancient sovereignties of ' India ; my armies have been employed against him for ' nineteen years, and, nevertheless,... "
The Modern Traveller. A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical, and ... - Page 318
by Josiah Conder - 1828
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A History of the Mahrattas: To which is Prefixed an Historical Sketch of the ...

Edward Scott Waring - Deccan (India) - 1810 - 312 pages
...conceal his joy, he ob served : " He was a great captain, and the only one who has " had the magnanimity to raise a new kingdom, while I have " been endeavouring..." India; my armies have been employed against him nine" teen years, and nevertheless his state has been always " encreasing'V 16 See Appendix, Note 11....
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The Wonders of Elora: Or, The Narrative of a Journey to the Temples and ...

John Benjamin Seely - Ellora (India) - 1825 - 650 pages
...joy, " He was a great captain, and the only one who had the magnanimity to raise a new kingdom, whilst I have been endeavouring to destroy the ancient sovereignties...nevertheless, his state has been always increasing." Of Sevajee, his descendants, and the usurpation of the Peishvras (or prime ministers), who superseded...
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The Wonders of Elora: Or, The Narrative of a Journey to the Temples and ...

John Benjamin Seely - Ellora (India) - 1825 - 676 pages
...' He was a great captain, and the only one who had the magnanimity to raise a new kingdom, whilst 1 have been endeavouring to destroy the ancient sovereignties...nevertheless, his state has been always increasing." Of Sevajee, his descendants, and the usurpation of the Peishwas (or prime ministers), who superseded...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th], Volume 30

1828 - 602 pages
...296, 7. Aurungzebe could not suppress his joy, on hearing of his death; but he bore at the same time this striking testimony to his genius : ' He was a...years, and nevertheless his state has been always in' creasing.' * At the time of his death, Sivajee was in possession of the whole of the western coast...
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The History of the British Empire in India, Volume 1

George Robert Gleig - British - 1830 - 422 pages
...marks of joy, bore the highest testimony to his abilities. " He was a great captain," said the Mogul, " and the only one who has had the management to raise...for nineteen years, and, nevertheless his state has always been increasing."* Sivajee was succeeded in the sovereignty by Sambah, or Sambahjee, the elder...
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Pen and Pencil Sketches: Being the Journal of a Tour in India, Part 18, Volume 2

Godfrey Charles Mundy - India - 1832 - 400 pages
...raise a new kingdom, whilst I have been labouring to 46 SCINDIA'S TERRITORIES. [ch. n. destroy all the ancient sovereignties of India; my armies have...for nineteen years, and nevertheless his State has always been increasing.' After Aurungzebe's death, the Mahrattas, profiting by the civil struggles...
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History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chaoelle ...

Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1844 - 628 pages
...endeaINDIA. " vouring to destroy the ancient sovereignties of " India. My armies have been applied against " him for nineteen years, and nevertheless his state " has been always increasing."* The loss of Sivajee was, for the time at least, irreparable to the Mahrattas. Though never subdued,...
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History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of ..., Volume 4

Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1844 - 608 pages
...have been endea" vouring to destroy the ancient sovereignties of " India. My armies have been applied against " him for nineteen years, and nevertheless his state " has been always increasing."* The loss of Sivajee was, for the time at least, irreparable to the Mahrattas. Though never subdued,...
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History of England: From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of ..., Volume 4

Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1853 - 512 pages
...Aurungzebe, " a great captain, and the only one who has had the mag" nanimity to raise a new kingdom, whilst I have been " endeavouring to destroy the ancient sovereignties of " India. My armies have been applied against him for " nineteen years, and nevertheless his state has been " always increasing."...
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History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chaoelle ...

Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 448 pages
...Aurungzebe, " a great captain, and the only one who has had the mag" nanimity to raise a new kingdom, whilst I have been " endeavouring to destroy the ancient sovereignties of " India. My armies have been applied against him for " nineteen years, and nevertheless his state has been " always increasing."...
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