Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 4Tauchnitz, 1850 - 349 pages |
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... never been very popular , and is now scarcely ever read . We fear that the volumes before us will not much attract those readers whom Orme and Mill have repelled . The ma- terials placed at the disposal of Sir John Malcolm by the late ...
... never been very popular , and is now scarcely ever read . We fear that the volumes before us will not much attract those readers whom Orme and Mill have repelled . The ma- terials placed at the disposal of Sir John Malcolm by the late ...
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... never dreamed of claiming independent power . The surrounding country was governed by the Nabob of the Carnatic , a deputy of the Viceroy of the Deccan , commonly called the Nizam , who was himself only a deputy of the mighty prince ...
... never dreamed of claiming independent power . The surrounding country was governed by the Nabob of the Carnatic , a deputy of the Viceroy of the Deccan , commonly called the Nizam , who was himself only a deputy of the mighty prince ...
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... never before believed that Englishmen could fight , but that he would willingly help them since he saw that they had spirit to help themselves . Rajah Sahib learned that the Mahrattas were in motion . It was necessary for him to be ex ...
... never before believed that Englishmen could fight , but that he would willingly help them since he saw that they had spirit to help themselves . Rajah Sahib learned that the Mahrattas were in motion . It was necessary for him to be ex ...
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... to Clive to say that , proud and overbearing as he was , kindness was never thrown away upon him . He cheerfully placed himself under the orders of his old friend , and exerted himself as strenuously in LORD CLIVE . 25.
... to Clive to say that , proud and overbearing as he was , kindness was never thrown away upon him . He cheerfully placed himself under the orders of his old friend , and exerted himself as strenuously in LORD CLIVE . 25.
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... never left him in the greatest danger -born a soldier ; for , without a military education of any sort , or much conversing with any of the profession , from his judgment and good sense , he led on an army like an ex- perienced officer ...
... never left him in the greatest danger -born a soldier ; for , without a military education of any sort , or much conversing with any of the profession , from his judgment and good sense , he led on an army like an ex- perienced officer ...
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