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Page 193 - Gomastahs, when employed on the Company's investment, frequently make them sign what they please ; and upon the weavers refusing to take the money offered, it has been known...
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Page 14 - They shall continue the zemindars and tenants in their places, regularly collect the revenues of the lands, and deliver them in monthly, for the payment of the expenses of the Company and the pay of the above mentioned forces, that they may be always ready cheerfully and vigorously to promote the affairs of the King. Let this be punctually observed.
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Page 19 - In truth (says this author), it would be almost cruelty to molest this happy people ; for in this district are the only vestiges of the beauty, purity, piety, regularity, equity, and strictness of the ancient Hindostan government.
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| Title | Considerations on India Affairs: Particularly Respecting the Present State of Bengal and Its Dependencies, Volume 1 Considerations on India Affairs: Particularly Respecting the Present State of Bengal and Its Dependencies, William Bolts |
| Author | William Bolts |
| Contributor | East India Company |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Almon, 1772 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Oct 25, 2007 |
| Length | 412 pages |
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