Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 4Tauchnitz, 1850 - 349 pagina's |
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Pagina 14
... 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 Bengal and the Carnatic , and those which still ...
... 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 Bengal and the Carnatic , and those which still ...
Pagina 40
... from his boxing - matches at school to those stormy altercations at the India House and in Parliament amidst which his later years were passed , his very faults were those of a high and magnanimous spirit . The truth seems 40 LORD CLIVE .
... from his boxing - matches at school to those stormy altercations at the India House and in Parliament amidst which his later years were passed , his very faults were those of a high and magnanimous spirit . The truth seems 40 LORD CLIVE .
Pagina 41
... truth , and hearing none , if he fulfilled , to his own hurt , all his engagements with con- federates who never kept an engagement that was not to their advantage . Accordingly this man , in the other parts of his life an honourable ...
... truth , and hearing none , if he fulfilled , to his own hurt , all his engagements with con- federates who never kept an engagement that was not to their advantage . Accordingly this man , in the other parts of his life an honourable ...
Pagina 51
... truth , that it is not prudent to oppose perfidy to perfidy , and that the most efficient weapon with which men can encounter falsehood is truth . During a long course of years , the English rulers of India , surrounded by allies and ...
... truth , that it is not prudent to oppose perfidy to perfidy , and that the most efficient weapon with which men can encounter falsehood is truth . During a long course of years , the English rulers of India , surrounded by allies and ...
Pagina 56
... truth an independent sovereign , menaced Bengal with invasion . Nothing but the talents and authority of Clive could support the tottering gov- ernment . While things were in this state a ship arrived with despatches which had been ...
... truth an independent sovereign , menaced Bengal with invasion . Nothing but the talents and authority of Clive could support the tottering gov- ernment . While things were in this state a ship arrived with despatches which had been ...
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