Lexicographical Neighbors of Dewannies
Literary usage of Dewannies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke (1890)
"The grand object of the native dewannies was to acquire independent control, and
for many years they have pursued this with wonderful art. ..."
2. The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke (1867)
"... through the business; but to pretend to assert that they really execute it
would be folly and falsehood. " The grand object of the native dewannies was ..."
3. A Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage Up the Red-Sea, on the by Eyles Irwin (1780)
"... his activity in procuring me more, I gave him two dewannies apiece for the
reft, with which he ..."
4. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke (1857)
"“The grand object of the native dewannies was to acquire independent control,
and for many years they have pursued this with wonderful art. ..."
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