Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 4Tauchnitz, 1850 - 349 pagina's |
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Pagina 7
... spirits . His duties were of a kind ill suited to his ardent and daring cha- racter . He pined for his home , and in ... spirit . He behaved to his official superiors as he had behaved to his schoolmasters , and was several times LORD ...
... spirits . His duties were of a kind ill suited to his ardent and daring cha- racter . He pined for his home , and in ... spirit . He behaved to his official superiors as he had behaved to his schoolmasters , and was several times LORD ...
Pagina 9
... spirit than the business of examining packages and casting accounts . He solicited and obtained an ensign's com- mission in the service of the Company , and at twenty - one entered on his military career . His personal courage , of ...
... spirit than the business of examining packages and casting accounts . He solicited and obtained an ensign's com- mission in the service of the Company , and at twenty - one entered on his military career . His personal courage , of ...
Pagina 22
... spirit to help themselves . Rajah Sahib learned that the Mahrattas were in motion . It was necessary for him to be ex- peditious . He first tried negotiation . He offered large bribes to Clive , which were rejected with scorn . He vowed ...
... spirit to help themselves . Rajah Sahib learned that the Mahrattas were in motion . It was necessary for him to be ex- peditious . He first tried negotiation . He offered large bribes to Clive , which were rejected with scorn . He vowed ...
Pagina 27
... spirit of Dupleix , however , was unconquerable , and his resources inexhaustible . From his employers in Europe he no longer received help or counte nance . They condemned his policy . They gave him no pecuniary assistance . They sent ...
... spirit of Dupleix , however , was unconquerable , and his resources inexhaustible . From his employers in Europe he no longer received help or counte nance . They condemned his policy . They gave him no pecuniary assistance . They sent ...
Pagina 35
... spirits , which inflamed his weak brain almost to madness . His chosen companions were flatterers , sprang from the dregs of the people , and recommended by nothing but buffoonery and servility . It is said that he had arrived at that ...
... spirits , which inflamed his weak brain almost to madness . His chosen companions were flatterers , sprang from the dregs of the people , and recommended by nothing but buffoonery and servility . It is said that he had arrived at that ...
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