Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 4Tauchnitz, 1850 - 349 pagina's |
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Pagina 5
... thousands of na- tives , had sprung up , as towns spring up in the East , with the rapidity of the prophet's gourd . There were already in the suburbs many white villas , each surrounded by its gar- den , whither the wealthy agents of ...
... thousands of na- tives , had sprung up , as towns spring up in the East , with the rapidity of the prophet's gourd . There were already in the suburbs many white villas , each surrounded by its gar- den , whither the wealthy agents of ...
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... thousand spec- tators . It was with reason thought that this gross violation of public faith absolved the inhabitants of Madras from the engagements into which they had entered with Labourdon- nais . Clive fled from the town by night in ...
... thousand spec- tators . It was with reason thought that this gross violation of public faith absolved the inhabitants of Madras from the engagements into which they had entered with Labourdon- nais . Clive fled from the town by night in ...
Pagina 11
... thousand pieces . Nothing more than a nominal dignity was left to the abject heirs of an illustrious name , Charles the Bald , and Charles the Fat , and Charles the Simple . Fierce invaders , differing from each other in race , language ...
... thousand pieces . Nothing more than a nominal dignity was left to the abject heirs of an illustrious name , Charles the Bald , and Charles the Fat , and Charles the Simple . Fierce invaders , differing from each other in race , language ...
Pagina 14
... thousand miles of sea , and possessing in India only a few acres for purposes of commerce , would , in less than a hundred years , spread its empire from Cape Comorin to the eternal snow of the Hima- layas ; would compel Mahratta and ...
... thousand miles of sea , and possessing in India only a few acres for purposes of commerce , would , in less than a hundred years , spread its empire from Cape Comorin to the eternal snow of the Hima- layas ; would compel Mahratta and ...
Pagina 17
... thousand sepoys , dis- ciplined after the European fashion , to the assistance of his confederates . A battle was fought . The French distinguished themselves greatly . Anaverdy Khan was defeated and slain . His son , Mahommed Ali , who ...
... thousand sepoys , dis- ciplined after the European fashion , to the assistance of his confederates . A battle was fought . The French distinguished themselves greatly . Anaverdy Khan was defeated and slain . His son , Mahommed Ali , who ...
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