Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 3Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 |
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Pagina 16
... Court of Delhi , there was no difficulty ; for he was so in theory . If it was convenient to consider his office as an hereditary dignity , or as a dignity held during life only , or as a dignity held only during the good pleasure of ...
... Court of Delhi , there was no difficulty ; for he was so in theory . If it was convenient to consider his office as an hereditary dignity , or as a dignity held during life only , or as a dignity held only during the good pleasure of ...
Pagina 27
... court of that prince . Among the officers who remained with Dupleix , there was not a single man of capacity ; and many of them were boys , at whose ignorance and folly the common soldiers laughed . The English triumphed every where ...
... court of that prince . Among the officers who remained with Dupleix , there was not a single man of capacity ; and many of them were boys , at whose ignorance and folly the common soldiers laughed . The English triumphed every where ...
Pagina 42
... court . He possessed great influence with his own race , and had in large measure the Hindoo talents , quick observation , tact , dexterity , perseverance , and the Hindoo vices , servility , greedi- ness , and treachery . The Nabob ...
... court . He possessed great influence with his own race , and had in large measure the Hindoo talents , quick observation , tact , dexterity , perseverance , and the Hindoo vices , servility , greedi- ness , and treachery . The Nabob ...
Pagina 60
... court of Moorshedabad , melted away before the mere terror of the British name . The conqueror returned in triumph to Fort William . The joy of Meer Jaffier was as unbounded as his fears had been , and led him to bestow on his preserver ...
... court of Moorshedabad , melted away before the mere terror of the British name . The conqueror returned in triumph to Fort William . The joy of Meer Jaffier was as unbounded as his fears had been , and led him to bestow on his preserver ...
Pagina 65
... Court of Proprietors , wherever it chose to interfere , was able to have its way . That court was more numerous , as well as more powerful than at present ; for then every share of five hundred pounds conferred a vote . The meetings ...
... Court of Proprietors , wherever it chose to interfere , was able to have its way . That court was more numerous , as well as more powerful than at present ; for then every share of five hundred pounds conferred a vote . The meetings ...
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