Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 3Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 |
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Pagina 6
... young adventurer picked up some know- ledge of Portuguese , and spent all his pocket - money . He did not arrive in India till more than a year after he had left England . His situation at Madras was most painful . His funds were ...
... young adventurer picked up some know- ledge of Portuguese , and spent all his pocket - money . He did not arrive in India till more than a year after he had left England . His situation at Madras was most painful . His funds were ...
Pagina 7
... young man devoted much of his leisure to reading , and acquired at this time almost all the knowledge of books that he ever possessed . As a boy he had been too idle , as a man he soon became too busy , for literary pursuits . But ...
... young man devoted much of his leisure to reading , and acquired at this time almost all the knowledge of books that he ever possessed . As a boy he had been too idle , as a man he soon became too busy , for literary pursuits . But ...
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... young ensign was at liberty to resume his former business . He did indeed return for a short time to his desk . He again quitted it in order to assist Major Lawrence in some petty hos- tilities with the natives , and then again returned ...
... young ensign was at liberty to resume his former business . He did indeed return for a short time to his desk . He again quitted it in order to assist Major Lawrence in some petty hos- tilities with the natives , and then again returned ...
Pagina 20
... young captain was put at the head of two hundred English soldiers , and three hundred sepoys , armed and disci- plined after the European fashion . Of the eight officers who commanded this little force under him , only two had ever been ...
... young captain was put at the head of two hundred English soldiers , and three hundred sepoys , armed and disci- plined after the European fashion . Of the eight officers who commanded this little force under him , only two had ever been ...
Pagina 21
... young man of five and twenty , who had been bred a book - keeper . During fifty days the siege went on . During fifty days the young captain maintained the defence , with a firmness , vigilance , and ability , which would have done ...
... young man of five and twenty , who had been bred a book - keeper . During fifty days the siege went on . During fifty days the young captain maintained the defence , with a firmness , vigilance , and ability , which would have done ...
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