 | 1772 - 412 страници
...is, would have been an object icarce worth my confideration. The city of Muxadavad is as extenfiTe, populous, and rich, as the city of London; with this difference, that there are individuals in the fir ft, poffeffing infinitely greater property than any in the laA city. Thefe, as well as every .other... | |
 | 1826 - 370 страници
...opportunity of enriching himself, as perhaps no man in modern times ever possessed. The city of Muxadahad, is as extensive, populous, and rich, as the city of London, with this difference, that in the former, there are more individuals possessing singly immense wealth, than in the latter. " Every... | |
 | John Malcolm - 1836 - 460 страници
...great as it is, would have been an object scarce worthy my consideration. The city of Moorshedabad is as extensive, populous, and rich as the city of...first possessing infinitely greater property than any in the last city. These, as well as every other man of property, made me the greatest offers, (which,... | |
 | Edward Thornton - 1841 - 608 страници
...East-India Company. He even claimed credit for his moderation. " The city of Moorshedabad," said he, " is as extensive, populous, and rich, as the city of...infinitely greater property than in the last city. These, as well as every other man of property, made me the greatest offers (which nevertheless are... | |
 | Edward Thornton - 1859 - 690 страници
...East-India Company. He even claimed credit for his moderation. "The city of Moorshedabad," said be, "is as extensive, populous, and rich, as the city...infinitely greater property than in the last city. These, as well as every other man of property, made me the greatest offers (which, nevertheless, are... | |
 | 1863 - 394 страници
...vaiiety of manufactories, and rich merchants, were proofs sufficient.' —p. 13. ' The city of Muxadabad is as extensive, populous, and rich, as the city of...first, possessing infinitely greater property than any in the last city.' — p. 111. But it were needless to multiply testimonies ; the mere fact of... | |
 | Bholanauth Chunder - 1869 - 498 страници
...magnitude. To speak of its greatness and opulence in the words of Clive :—' The city of Moorshedabad is as extensive, populous, and rich as the city of...infinitely greater property than in the last city.' The population was so swarming, that when Clive entered Moorshedabad at the head of 200 Europeans and 500... | |
 | 1879 - 374 страници
...was crowded with crafts. To speak of its greatness in the words of Clive, ' The city of Moorshedabad is as extensive, populous, and rich as the city of London, with this difference — that there arc individuals in the first possessing infinitely greater property than in the last city.' But to... | |
 | William Wilson Hunter - 1881 - 546 страници
...generation. On entering Murshiddbdd after the victory of Plassey, Colonel Clive wrote : — ' This city is as extensive, populous, and rich as the city of...Europeans, might have done so with sticks and stones.' Even after the conquest of Bengal by the British, Murshiddbdd remained for some time the seat of administration.... | |
 | James Sutherland Cotton, E. J. Payne - 1883 - 184 страници
...souls. When Clive entered Murshidabad, the capital of Bengal, in 1757, he wrote of it : — " This city is as extensive, populous, and rich as the city of...infinitely greater property than in the last city." In 1664, Sivaji, the great Mahratta leader, pillaged Surat, and is said to have carried off a booty... | |
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This city is as extensive, populous, and rich as the city of London, with this difference, that there are individuals in the first possessing infinitely greater property than in the last city. 
