Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 3Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 |
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... sent from school to school , making very little progress in his learning , and gaining for himself every where the character of an exceedingly naughty boy . One of his masters , it is said , was sagacious enough to prophesy that the ...
... sent from school to school , making very little progress in his learning , and gaining for himself every where the character of an exceedingly naughty boy . One of his masters , it is said , was sagacious enough to prophesy that the ...
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... sent four hundred French soldiers , and two thousand sepoys , disciplined after the European fashion , to the assistance of his confederates . A battle was fought . The French distinguished them- selves greatly . Anaverdy Khan was ...
... sent four hundred French soldiers , and two thousand sepoys , disciplined after the European fashion , to the assistance of his confederates . A battle was fought . The French distinguished them- selves greatly . Anaverdy Khan was ...
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... sent them to Arcot . They were speedily joined by the remains of the force which Clive had lately scattered . They were further strengthened by two thousand men from Vellore , and by a still more important reinforcement of a hundred and ...
... sent them to Arcot . They were speedily joined by the remains of the force which Clive had lately scattered . They were further strengthened by two thousand men from Vellore , and by a still more important reinforcement of a hundred and ...
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... sent such poltroons into a breach defended by English soldiers . Rajah Sahib determined to storm the fort . The day was well suited to a bold military enterprise . It was the great Mahommedan festival which is sacred to the memory of ...
... sent such poltroons into a breach defended by English soldiers . Rajah Sahib determined to storm the fort . The day was well suited to a bold military enterprise . It was the great Mahommedan festival which is sacred to the memory of ...
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... sent to him , and with this force he instantly commenced offensive operations . He took the fort of Timery , effected a junction with a division of Morari Row's army , and hastened , by forced marches , to attack Rajah Sahib , who was ...
... sent to him , and with this force he instantly commenced offensive operations . He took the fort of Timery , effected a junction with a division of Morari Row's army , and hastened , by forced marches , to attack Rajah Sahib , who was ...
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