Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 3Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 |
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... thought it strange that , while the history of the Spanish empire in America is familiarly known to all the nations of Europe , the great actions of our countrymen in the East should , even among ourselves ,, excite little interest ...
... thought it strange that , while the history of the Spanish empire in America is familiarly known to all the nations of Europe , the great actions of our countrymen in the East should , even among ourselves ,, excite little interest ...
Pagina 9
... thought that this gross violation of public faith absolved the in- habitants of Madras from the engagements into which they had entered with Labourdonnais . Clive fled from the town by night in the disguise of a Mussulman , and took ...
... thought that this gross violation of public faith absolved the in- habitants of Madras from the engagements into which they had entered with Labourdonnais . Clive fled from the town by night in the disguise of a Mussulman , and took ...
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... thought necessary to fortify Calcutta against the horsemen of Berar ; and the name of the Mahratta ditch still preserves the memory of the danger . Wherever the viceroys of the Mogul retained au- thority they became sovereigns . They ...
... thought necessary to fortify Calcutta against the horsemen of Berar ; and the name of the Mahratta ditch still preserves the memory of the danger . Wherever the viceroys of the Mogul retained au- thority they became sovereigns . They ...
Pagina 32
... thought desirable to send an able commander to the Company's settlements in India . The Directors appointed Clive governor of Fort St. David . The King gave him the commission of a lieutenant - colonel in the British army , and in 1755 ...
... thought desirable to send an able commander to the Company's settlements in India . The Directors appointed Clive governor of Fort St. David . The King gave him the commission of a lieutenant - colonel in the British army , and in 1755 ...
Pagina 36
... thought that he could not do better than follow so good an example . The fort was taken after a feeble resistance ; and great numbers of the English fell into the hands of the con- querors . The Nabob seated himself with regal pomp in ...
... thought that he could not do better than follow so good an example . The fort was taken after a feeble resistance ; and great numbers of the English fell into the hands of the con- querors . The Nabob seated himself with regal pomp in ...
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