Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 3Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 |
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... army , and compelled the shopkeepers to submit to a tribute of apples and half- pence , in consideration of which he guaranteed the security of their windows . He was sent from school to school , making very little progress in his ...
... army , and compelled the shopkeepers to submit to a tribute of apples and half- pence , in consideration of which he guaranteed the security of their windows . He was sent from school to school , making very little progress in his ...
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... army , appeared before Madras , and compelled the town and fort to capitulate . The keys were delivered up ; the French colours were displayed on Fort St. George ; and the contents of the Company's warehouses were seized as prize of war ...
... army , appeared before Madras , and compelled the town and fort to capitulate . The keys were delivered up ; the French colours were displayed on Fort St. George ; and the contents of the Company's warehouses were seized as prize of war ...
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... by Major Lawrence , who was then considered as the ablest British officer in India . Clive had been only a few months in the army when intelligence arrived that peace had been concluded between Great Britain LORD CLIVE . 9.
... by Major Lawrence , who was then considered as the ablest British officer in India . Clive had been only a few months in the army when intelligence arrived that peace had been concluded between Great Britain LORD CLIVE . 9.
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... army to Trichinopoly ; and the conquerors became at once masters of almost every part of the Carnatic . This was but the beginning of the greatness of Dupleix . After some months of fighting , negotiation , and intrigue , his ability ...
... army to Trichinopoly ; and the conquerors became at once masters of almost every part of the Carnatic . This was but the beginning of the greatness of Dupleix . After some months of fighting , negotiation , and intrigue , his ability ...
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... army , amount- ing to about ten thousand men , was under the com- mand of Rajah Sahib , son of Chunda Sahib . Rajah Sahib proceeded to invest the fort of Arcot , which seemed quite incapable of sustaining a siege . The walls were ...
... army , amount- ing to about ten thousand men , was under the com- mand of Rajah Sahib , son of Chunda Sahib . Rajah Sahib proceeded to invest the fort of Arcot , which seemed quite incapable of sustaining a siege . The walls were ...
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