A History of the Mahrattas v2.c52.1
A History of the Mahrattas v2.c52.1
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v2.c52.1
A.D. 1804.—THE rapidity of the conquests and the speedy termination of the war surprised all India, and it was naturally supposed that the astonishing success of the British arms would have deterred any power, however inimically disposed, from evincing a spirit of hostility at such a moment; but the conduct of Asiatics is frequently so capricious that it cannot be foreseen by any reasonable estimate of their real interests.