Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 4Tauchnitz, 1850 - 349 pages |
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... chief triumph , by the fall of Nazir Jung and the elevation of Mirzapha , he determined to erect a column , on the four sides of which four pompous inscrip- tions , in four languages , should proclaim his glory to all the nations of the ...
... chief triumph , by the fall of Nazir Jung and the elevation of Mirzapha , he determined to erect a column , on the four sides of which four pompous inscrip- tions , in four languages , should proclaim his glory to all the nations of the ...
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... chiefs of the English factory led in triumph through the streets of Pondi- cherry ; they had seen the arms and counsels of Dupleix everywhere successful , while the opposition which the autho- rities of Madras had made to his progress ...
... chiefs of the English factory led in triumph through the streets of Pondi- cherry ; they had seen the arms and counsels of Dupleix everywhere successful , while the opposition which the autho- rities of Madras had made to his progress ...
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... chief surpassed anything that is related of the Tenth Legion of Cæsar , or of the Old Guard of Napoleon . The sepoys came to Clive , not to com- plain of their scanty fare , but to propose that all the grain should be given to the ...
... chief surpassed anything that is related of the Tenth Legion of Cæsar , or of the Old Guard of Napoleon . The sepoys came to Clive , not to com- plain of their scanty fare , but to propose that all the grain should be given to the ...
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... chief named Morari Row , had been hired to assist Mahommed Ali ; but thinking the French power irresistible , and the triumph of Chunda Sahib certain , they had hitherto remained inactive on the frontiers of the Carnatic . The fame of ...
... chief named Morari Row , had been hired to assist Mahommed Ali ; but thinking the French power irresistible , and the triumph of Chunda Sahib certain , they had hitherto remained inactive on the frontiers of the Carnatic . The fame of ...
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... chief command . From the waywardness and impatience of control which had characterised Clive , both at school and in the count- ing - house , it might have been expected that he would not , after such achievements , act with zeal and ...
... chief command . From the waywardness and impatience of control which had characterised Clive , both at school and in the count- ing - house , it might have been expected that he would not , after such achievements , act with zeal and ...
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