Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 3Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 |
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Pagina 19
... turned the tide of fortune . Clive was now twenty - five years old . After hesitat- ing for some time between a military and a commercial life , he had at length been placed in a post which par- took of both characters , that of ...
... turned the tide of fortune . Clive was now twenty - five years old . After hesitat- ing for some time between a military and a commercial life , he had at length been placed in a post which par- took of both characters , that of ...
Pagina 23
... turned round , and rushed furiously away , tramping on the multitude which had urged them forward . A raft was launched on the water which filled one part of the ditch . Clive , perceiving that his gunners at that post did not un ...
... turned round , and rushed furiously away , tramping on the multitude which had urged them forward . A raft was launched on the water which filled one part of the ditch . Clive , perceiving that his gunners at that post did not un ...
Pagina 32
... turned with the wreck of his immense fortune to Eu- rope , where calumny and chicanery soon hunted him to his grave . But many signs indicated that a war between France and Great Britain was at hand ; and it was therefore thought ...
... turned with the wreck of his immense fortune to Eu- rope , where calumny and chicanery soon hunted him to his grave . But many signs indicated that a war between France and Great Britain was at hand ; and it was therefore thought ...
Pagina 44
... turned their backs . Assure him I will march night and day to his assistance , and stand by him as long as I have a man left . ” It was impossible that a plot which had so many ramifications should long remain entirely concealed ...
... turned their backs . Assure him I will march night and day to his assistance , and stand by him as long as I have a man left . ” It was impossible that a plot which had so many ramifications should long remain entirely concealed ...
Pagina 50
... turning to the natives who filled the hall , congratulated them on the good fortune which had freed them from a ... turned to Mr. Scrafton , one of the servants of the Company , and said in English , " It is now time to undeceive 50 ...
... turning to the natives who filled the hall , congratulated them on the good fortune which had freed them from a ... turned to Mr. Scrafton , one of the servants of the Company , and said in English , " It is now time to undeceive 50 ...
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