Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 4Tauchnitz, 1850 - 349 pagina's |
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Pagina 6
... once so august and formidable , still remain . There is still a Nabob of the Carnatic , who lives on a pension allowed to him by the English out of the revenues of the province which his ancestors ruled . There is still a Nizam , whose ...
... once so august and formidable , still remain . There is still a Nabob of the Carnatic , who lives on a pension allowed to him by the English out of the revenues of the province which his ancestors ruled . There is still a Nizam , whose ...
Pagina 17
... once masters of almost every part of the Carnatic . This was but the beginning of the greatness of Dupleix . After some months of fighting , negotiation , and intrigue , his ability and good fortune seemed to have prevailed every- where ...
... once masters of almost every part of the Carnatic . This was but the beginning of the greatness of Dupleix . After some months of fighting , negotiation , and intrigue , his ability and good fortune seemed to have prevailed every- where ...
Pagina 23
... once to the garden of the Houris . It was at this time that Rajah Sahib determined to assault Arcot . Stimulating drugs were employed to aid the effect of reli- gious zeal , and the besiegers , drunk with enthusiasm , drunk with bang ...
... once to the garden of the Houris . It was at this time that Rajah Sahib determined to assault Arcot . Stimulating drugs were employed to aid the effect of reli- gious zeal , and the besiegers , drunk with enthusiasm , drunk with bang ...
Pagina 30
... once detested and despised by some of the most important members of his government , and by none more than by Henry Fox , the Secretary at War . This able , daring , and ambitious man seized every opportunity of crossing the First Lord ...
... once detested and despised by some of the most important members of his government , and by none more than by Henry Fox , the Secretary at War . This able , daring , and ambitious man seized every opportunity of crossing the First Lord ...
Pagina 46
... once weak and stormy , was distracted by wild and horrible apprehensions . Appalled by the greatness and near- ness of the crisis , distrusting his captains , dreading every one who approached him , dreading to be left alone 46 LORD CLIVE .
... once weak and stormy , was distracted by wild and horrible apprehensions . Appalled by the greatness and near- ness of the crisis , distrusting his captains , dreading every one who approached him , dreading to be left alone 46 LORD CLIVE .
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