Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 3Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 |
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Pagina 26
... the two friends . Dupleix , not inferior in talents for negotiation and intrigue to any European who has borne a part in the revolutions of India , was ill qualified to direct in person military operations . He had 26 LORD CLIVE .
... the two friends . Dupleix , not inferior in talents for negotiation and intrigue to any European who has borne a part in the revolutions of India , was ill qualified to direct in person military operations . He had 26 LORD CLIVE .
Pagina 27
Contributed to the Edinburgh Review Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. qualified to direct in person military operations . He had not been bred a soldier , and had no inclination to become one . His enemies accused him of personal ...
Contributed to the Edinburgh Review Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. qualified to direct in person military operations . He had not been bred a soldier , and had no inclination to become one . His enemies accused him of personal ...
Pagina 29
... 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 soldiers . There was then general peace in Europe ...
... 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 soldiers . There was then general peace in Europe ...
Pagina 60
... person of the prince advised him to try the chance of battle ; but in vain . In a few days this great army , which had been regarded with so much uneasiness by the court of Moorshedabad , melted away before the mere terror of the ...
... person of the prince advised him to try the chance of battle ; but in vain . In a few days this great army , which had been regarded with so much uneasiness by the court of Moorshedabad , melted away before the mere terror of the ...
Pagina 66
... person who has not entered by the regular door , and mounted by the regular gradations . Seventy years ago , less money was brought home from the East than in our time . But it was divided among a very much smaller number of persons ...
... person who has not entered by the regular door , and mounted by the regular gradations . Seventy years ago , less money was brought home from the East than in our time . But it was divided among a very much smaller number of persons ...
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