Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 4Tauchnitz, 1850 - 349 pages |
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... less discrimination in his account of Clive than in any other part of his valuable work . Clive , like most men who are born with strong passions and tried by strong temptations , committed great faults . But every person who takes a ...
... less discrimination in his account of Clive than in any other part of his valuable work . Clive , like most men who are born with strong passions and tried by strong temptations , committed great faults . But every person who takes a ...
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... profuse , luxurious , and ostentatious , than those of the high judicial and political functionaries who have succeeded them . But comfort was far less understood . Many devices which now mitigate the heat of the climate LORD CLIVE . 5.
... profuse , luxurious , and ostentatious , than those of the high judicial and political functionaries who have succeeded them . But comfort was far less understood . Many devices which now mitigate the heat of the climate LORD CLIVE . 5.
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... less intercourse with Europe than at present . The voyage by the Cape , which in our time has often been performed within three months , was then very seldom accomplished in six , and was sometimes protracted to more than a year . Con ...
... less intercourse with Europe than at present . The voyage by the Cape , which in our time has often been performed within three months , was then very seldom accomplished in six , and was sometimes protracted to more than a year . Con ...
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... less than the magnificent inheritance of the house of Tamerlane . The empire which Baber and his Moguls reared in the six- teenth century was long one of the most extensive and splen- did in the world . In no European kingdom was so ...
... less than the magnificent inheritance of the house of Tamerlane . The empire which Baber and his Moguls reared in the six- teenth century was long one of the most extensive and splen- did in the world . In no European kingdom was so ...
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... Less than a hundred years ago , it was thought necessary to fortify Calcutta against the horsemen of Berar ; and the name of the Mahratta ditch still preserves the memory of the danger . Wherever the viceroys of the Mogul retained ...
... Less than a hundred years ago , it was thought necessary to fortify Calcutta against the horsemen of Berar ; and the name of the Mahratta ditch still preserves the memory of the danger . Wherever the viceroys of the Mogul retained ...
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