Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 3Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 |
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Pagina 13
... soon followed to complete the work of devastation which the Persian had begun . The warlike tribes of Rajpootana threw off the Mussulman yoke . A band of mercenary soldiers occupied Rohilcund . The Seiks ruled on the Indus . The Jauts ...
... soon followed to complete the work of devastation which the Persian had begun . The warlike tribes of Rajpootana threw off the Mussulman yoke . A band of mercenary soldiers occupied Rohilcund . The Seiks ruled on the Indus . The Jauts ...
Pagina 19
... soon to conquer and to rule them . They had seen the French colours flying on Fort St. George ; they had seen the chiefs of the English factory led in triumph through the streets of Pondicherry ; they had seen the arms and counsels of ...
... soon to conquer and to rule them . They had seen the French colours flying on Fort St. George ; they had seen the chiefs of the English factory led in triumph through the streets of Pondicherry ; they had seen the arms and counsels of ...
Pagina 20
... out of the fort , attacked the camp by surprise , slew great num- bers , dispersed the rest , and returned to his quarters without having lost a single man . The intelligence of these events was soon carried to Chunda 20 LORD CLIVE .
... out of the fort , attacked the camp by surprise , slew great num- bers , dispersed the rest , and returned to his quarters without having lost a single man . The intelligence of these events was soon carried to Chunda 20 LORD CLIVE .
Pagina 21
... soon carried to Chunda Sahib , who , with his French allies , were be- sieging Trichinopoly . He immediately detached four thousand men from his camp , and sent them to Arcot . They were speedily joined by the remains of the force which ...
... soon carried to Chunda Sahib , who , with his French allies , were be- sieging Trichinopoly . He immediately detached four thousand men from his camp , and sent them to Arcot . They were speedily joined by the remains of the force which ...
Pagina 24
... soon quelled the courage even of fanaticism and of intoxication . The rear ranks of the English kept the front ranks supplied with a constant suc- cession of loaded muskets , and every shot told on the living mass below . After three ...
... soon quelled the courage even of fanaticism and of intoxication . The rear ranks of the English kept the front ranks supplied with a constant suc- cession of loaded muskets , and every shot told on the living mass below . After three ...
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