Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 4Tauchnitz, 1850 - 349 pagina's |
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Pagina 7
... manner ..... If I should be so far blessed as to visit again my own country , but more especially Manchester , the centre of all my wishes , all that I could hope or desire for would be presented before me in one view . " One solace he ...
... manner ..... If I should be so far blessed as to visit again my own country , but more especially Manchester , the centre of all my wishes , all that I could hope or desire for would be presented before me in one view . " One solace he ...
Pagina 9
... manner in which Dupleix treated the principal servants of the Company . The Governor and several of the first gentlemen of Fort St. George were carried under a guard to Pondicherry , and conducted through the town in a triumphal ...
... manner in which Dupleix treated the principal servants of the Company . The Governor and several of the first gentlemen of Fort St. George were carried under a guard to Pondicherry , and conducted through the town in a triumphal ...
Pagina 21
... manners , and religion . But the devotion of the little band to its chief surpassed anything that is related of the Tenth Legion of Cæsar , or of the Old Guard of Napoleon . The sepoys came to Clive , not to com- plain of their scanty ...
... manners , and religion . But the devotion of the little band to its chief surpassed anything that is related of the Tenth Legion of Cæsar , or of the Old Guard of Napoleon . The sepoys came to Clive , not to com- plain of their scanty ...
Pagina 40
... manner as he could have wished . With this negotiation commences a new chapter in the life of Clive . Hitherto he had been merely a soldier , carrying into effect , with eminent ability and valour , the plans of others . Henceforth he ...
... manner as he could have wished . With this negotiation commences a new chapter in the life of Clive . Hitherto he had been merely a soldier , carrying into effect , with eminent ability and valour , the plans of others . Henceforth he ...
Pagina 42
... manner towards Calcutta ; but when he saw the resolute front which the English presented , he fell back in alarm , and consented to make peace with them on their own terms . The treaty was no sooner concluded than he formed new designs ...
... manner towards Calcutta ; but when he saw the resolute front which the English presented , he fell back in alarm , and consented to make peace with them on their own terms . The treaty was no sooner concluded than he formed new designs ...
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