A History of the Mahrattas v1.c17.181

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the managers, made every case so plausible that the officers of government found little difficulty in excusing or at least palliating many acts of gross injustice, to which they scandalously lent themselves. Thus, the rightful owners had often good reason for complaint; they absented themselves with the troops, joined the plunderers, and when induced or compelled to come in, they boldly justified their behaviour by the injustice they had suffered.