Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review: In Five Volumes. 4Tauchnitz, 1850 - 349 pagina's |
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... person who takes a fair and enlightened view of his whole career must admit that our island , so fertile in heroes and statesmen , has scarcely ever produced a man more truly great either in arms or in council . The Clives had been ...
... person who takes a fair and enlightened view of his whole career must admit that our island , so fertile in heroes and statesmen , has scarcely ever produced a man more truly great either in arms or in council . The Clives had been ...
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... person military operations . He had not been bred a soldier , and had no in- clination to become one . His enemies accused him of per- sonal cowardice ; and he defended himself in a strain worthy of Captain Bobadil . He kept away from ...
... person military operations . He had not been bred a soldier , and had no in- clination to become one . His enemies accused him of per- sonal cowardice ; and he defended himself in a strain worthy of Captain Bobadil . He kept away from ...
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... contain proofs that he was devotedly attached to her . Almost immediately after the marriage , Clive embarked with his bride for England . He returned a very different person from the poor slighted boy who had been sent 28 LORD CLIVE .
... contain proofs that he was devotedly attached to her . Almost immediately after the marriage , Clive embarked with his bride for England . He returned a very different person from the poor slighted boy who had been sent 28 LORD CLIVE .
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In Five Volumes. 4 Thomas Babington Macaulay. person from the poor slighted boy who had been sent out ten years before to seek his fortune . He was only twenty - seven ; yet his country already respected him as one of her first sol ...
In Five Volumes. 4 Thomas Babington Macaulay. person from the poor slighted boy who had been sent out ten years before to seek his fortune . He was only twenty - seven ; yet his country already respected him as one of her first sol ...
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... persons who were selected to form this new government , greatly to their honour , took on themselves the responsibility of disobeying these preposterous orders , and invited Clive to exercise the supreme authority . He consented ; and ...
... persons who were selected to form this new government , greatly to their honour , took on themselves the responsibility of disobeying these preposterous orders , and invited Clive to exercise the supreme authority . He consented ; and ...
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