Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 4Tauchnitz, 1850 - 349 pages |
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Page 4
... army , and compelled the shopkeepers to submit to a tribute of apples and half - pence , in consideration of which he guaranteed the security of their windows . He was sent from school to school , making very little progress in his ...
... army , and compelled the shopkeepers to submit to a tribute of apples and half - pence , in consideration of which he guaranteed the security of their windows . He was sent from school to school , making very little progress in his ...
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... army , appeared before Madras , and compelled the town and fort to capitulate . The keys were delivered up ; the French colours were displayed on Fort St. George ; and the contents of the Company's warehouses were seized as prize of war ...
... army , appeared before Madras , and compelled the town and fort to capitulate . The keys were delivered up ; the French colours were displayed on Fort St. George ; and the contents of the Company's warehouses were seized as prize of war ...
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... army when intel- ligence arrived that peace had been concluded between Great Britain and France . Dupleix was in consequence compelled to restore Madras to the English Company ; and the young ensign was at liberty to resume his former ...
... army when intel- ligence arrived that peace had been concluded between Great Britain and France . Dupleix was in consequence compelled to restore Madras to the English Company ; and the young ensign was at liberty to resume his former ...
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... army to Trichinopoly ; and the con- querors became at once masters of almost every part of the Carnatic . This was but the beginning of the greatness of Dupleix . After some months of fighting , negotiation , and intrigue , his ability ...
... army to Trichinopoly ; and the con- querors became at once masters of almost every part of the Carnatic . This was but the beginning of the greatness of Dupleix . After some months of fighting , negotiation , and intrigue , his ability ...
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... army , amount- ing to about ten thousand men , was under the command of Rajah Sahib , son of Chunda Sahib . Rajah Sahib proceeded to invest the fort of Arcot , which seemed quite incapable of sustaining a siege . The walls were ruinous ...
... army , amount- ing to about ten thousand men , was under the command of Rajah Sahib , son of Chunda Sahib . Rajah Sahib proceeded to invest the fort of Arcot , which seemed quite incapable of sustaining a siege . The walls were ruinous ...
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