Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 4Tauchnitz, 1850 - 349 pagina's |
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Pagina 6
... present . The voyage by the Cape , which in our time has often been performed within three months , was then very seldom accomplished in six , and was sometimes protracted to more than a year . Con- sequently the Anglo - Indian was then ...
... present . The voyage by the Cape , which in our time has often been performed within three months , was then very seldom accomplished in six , and was sometimes protracted to more than a year . Con- sequently the Anglo - Indian was then ...
Pagina 14
... present , or solicit from him a title of honour . In truth , however , they were no longer lieutenants removable at pleasure , but independent hereditary princes . In this way originated those great Mussulman houses which formerly ruled ...
... present , or solicit from him a title of honour . In truth , however , they were no longer lieutenants removable at pleasure , but independent hereditary princes . In this way originated those great Mussulman houses which formerly ruled ...
Pagina 19
... present emergency called forth all his powers . He represented to his superiors that , unless some vigorous effort were made , Trichinopoly would fall , the House of Anaverdy Khan would perish , and the French would become the real ...
... present emergency called forth all his powers . He represented to his superiors that , unless some vigorous effort were made , Trichinopoly would fall , the House of Anaverdy Khan would perish , and the French would become the real ...
Pagina 31
... present occasion the excitement was great . The matter really at issue was , not whether Clive had been properly or improperly returned , but whether Newcastle or Fox was to be master of the New House of Commons , and consequently first ...
... present occasion the excitement was great . The matter really at issue was , not whether Clive had been properly or improperly returned , but whether Newcastle or Fox was to be master of the New House of Commons , and consequently first ...
Pagina 34
... present Citadel , and the Course , which is now daily crowded at sunset with the gayest equipages of Calcutta . For the ground on which the settlement stood , the English , like other great landholders , paid rent to the government ...
... present Citadel , and the Course , which is now daily crowded at sunset with the gayest equipages of Calcutta . For the ground on which the settlement stood , the English , like other great landholders , paid rent to the government ...
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