Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 4Tauchnitz, 1850 - 349 pages |
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... opposition of the British fleet , landed , assembled an 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 ...
... opposition of the British fleet , landed , assembled an 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 ...
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... opposition which the autho- rities of Madras had made to his progress , had served only to expose their own weakness , and to heighten his glory . At this moment , the valour and genius of an obscure English youth suddenly turned the ...
... opposition which the autho- rities of Madras had made to his progress , had served only to expose their own weakness , and to heighten his glory . At this moment , the valour and genius of an obscure English youth suddenly turned the ...
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... oppose to the two friends . Dupleix , not inferior in talents for negotiation and intrigue to any European who has borne a part in the revo- lutions of India , was not qualified to direct in person military operations . He had not been ...
... oppose to the two friends . Dupleix , not inferior in talents for negotiation and intrigue to any European who has borne a part in the revo- lutions of India , was not qualified to direct in person military operations . He had not been ...
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... opposition . The Jacobites had been cowed by the issue of the last rebellion . The Tory party had fallen into utter contempt . It had been deserted by all the men of ta- lents who had belonged to it , and had scarcely given a symp- tom ...
... opposition . The Jacobites had been cowed by the issue of the last rebellion . The Tory party had fallen into utter contempt . It had been deserted by all the men of ta- lents who had belonged to it , and had scarcely given a symp- tom ...
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... Opposition , contemptible as it was , had yet sufficient weight to turn the scale between the nicely - balanced parties of Newcastle and Fox . New- castle the Tories could only despise . Fox they hated , as the boldest and most subtle ...
... Opposition , contemptible as it was , had yet sufficient weight to turn the scale between the nicely - balanced parties of Newcastle and Fox . New- castle the Tories could only despise . Fox they hated , as the boldest and most subtle ...
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