Universal history, ancient and modern, المجلد 12 |
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affairs afterward Ahmed ambassadors Amurath arms army Asia attacked Bajazet Batavia Bengal brother carried caused chief China Chinese Christians coast command commerce conqueror conquest Constantinople court crown death dominions Dupleix Dutch East India company Egypt emperor empire enemy English established Europe Europeans expence factory favour fleet force French garrison governor honour hundred Hyder Indies inhabitants island Isle janissaries Japan Japanese Java king kingdom lord Cornwallis Madras manner ment merchants Mogul Mohammed Mohammed IV Mohammedan Moluccas monarch nabob nations natives obliged Ormus Ostend company Ottoman empire pany Pazman Persia persons Pondicherry port Portuguese possession present prince prisoners provinces punished received reign religion respect Selim sent settlement ships siege sir Henry Middleton soldiers Solyman soon sovereign Spaniards subjects success sultan Surat Tartars thousand throne tion Tippoo took town trade treaty troops Turkish Turks Venetians victory vizier whole Widdin
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الصفحة 96 - Elizabeth under the name of the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading to the East Indies.
الصفحة 144 - Princes were dressed in long white muslin gowns, and red turbans. They had several rows of large pearls round their necks, from which was suspended an ornament consisting of a ruby and an emerald of considerable size, surrounded by large brilliants; and in their turbans, each had a sprig of rich pearls. Bred up from their infancy with infinite care, and instructed in their manners to imitate the reserve and politeness of age, it astonished all present to see the correctness and propriety of their...
الصفحة 151 - At one o'clock the troops moved from the trenches, crossed the rocky bed of the Cavery under an extremely heavy fire, passed the glacis and ditch, and ascended the breaches in the fausse braye and rampart of the fort, surmounting in the most gallant manner every obstacle which the difficulty of the passage and the resistance of the enemy presented to oppose their progress.
الصفحة 49 - ... any other country in Europe. The revenues of the republic, as well as the wealth amassed by individuals, exceeded whatever was elsewhere known. In the magnificence of their houses...
الصفحة 39 - TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE PASSAGE BY THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PORTUGUESE DOMINION IN THE EAST.