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  • Madras, that the Nawaub has placed his young son, Tippoo, as

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  • The Nawaub, faithful to his promise, remitted to her a sum of no less than ten thousand gold Mohurs, extorted, as was surmised, almost entirely from the hoards of the Begum Mootee Mahul, or

    The Surgeon's Daughter 2008

  • He applied to more than one officer supposed to have credit with the Nawaub, but the slightest hint of the nature of his business seemed to strike all with terror.

    The Surgeon's Daughter 2008

  • The Nawaub then inclined himself graciously to Hartley, and then turning to the Vakeel, who appeared much discomposed,

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  • The next words of the Nawaub sounded like music in the ear of Hartley.

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  • It is well known how dreadfully the Nawaub kept this promise, and how he and his son afterwards sunk before the discipline and bravery of the

    The Surgeon's Daughter 2008

  • And the poor Fakir, in his torn cloak, shall better advance thy suit with the Nawaub [for Hyder did not assume the title of Sultann] than they who sit upon seats of honour in the

    The Surgeon's Daughter 2008

  • Let me see thee flinch when we are beyond the Ghauts, and the Nawaub shall know thy intrigues with the Nizam and the Mahrattas, and thy resolution to deliver up

    The Surgeon's Daughter 2008

  • Tippoo, instead of the Nawaub; his business being referred to the former, in a way not very promising for the success of his mission.

    The Surgeon's Daughter 2008

  • The things thou hast spoken shall be laid before the Nawaub; and as Allah and he will, so shall the issue be.

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