Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 4Tauchnitz, 1850 - 349 pages |
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... governors exercised , by permission of the native rulers , an extensive authority , such as every great Indian landowner exercised within his own domain . But they had never dreamed of claiming independent power . The surrounding ...
... governors exercised , by permission of the native rulers , an extensive authority , such as every great Indian landowner exercised within his own domain . But they had never dreamed of claiming independent power . The surrounding ...
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... Governor possessed a good library , and permitted Clive to have access to it . The 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 ...
... Governor possessed a good library , and permitted Clive to have access to it . The 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 ...
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... governor of Mauritius , a man of eminent talents and vir- tues , conducted an expedition to the continent of India in spite of the opposition of the British fleet , landed , assembled an army , appeared before Madras , and compelled the ...
... governor of Mauritius , a man of eminent talents and vir- tues , conducted an expedition to the continent of India in spite of the opposition of the British fleet , landed , assembled an army , appeared before Madras , and compelled the ...
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... governor of Pondicherry alone ; and that Madras should be rased to the ground . Labourdonnais was com- pelled to yield . The anger which the breach of the capitula- tion excited among the English was increased by the un- generous manner ...
... governor of Pondicherry alone ; and that Madras should be rased to the ground . Labourdonnais was com- pelled to yield . The anger which the breach of the capitula- tion excited among the English was increased by the un- generous manner ...
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... Nizam , and , in the pageant which followed , took precedence of all the court . He was declared Governor of India from the river Kristna to Macaulay , Essays . IV . 2 Cape Comorin , a country about as large as France LORD CLIVE . 17.
... Nizam , and , in the pageant which followed , took precedence of all the court . He was declared Governor of India from the river Kristna to Macaulay , Essays . IV . 2 Cape Comorin , a country about as large as France LORD CLIVE . 17.
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