Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 4Tauchnitz, 1850 - 349 pages |
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... regarded a horse - soldier as a monster , half man and half beast , who took a harque- busier for a sorcerer , able to scatter the thunder and lightning Macaulay , Essays . IV . I of the skies . The people of India , when LORD CLIVE.
... regarded a horse - soldier as a monster , half man and half beast , who took a harque- busier for a sorcerer , able to scatter the thunder and lightning Macaulay , Essays . IV . I of the skies . The people of India , when LORD CLIVE.
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... regarded as a man equal to any command . Two hundred English soldiers , and seven hundred sepoys were sent to him , and with this force he in- stantly commenced offensive operations . He took the fort of Timery , effected a junction ...
... regarded as a man equal to any command . Two hundred English soldiers , and seven hundred sepoys were sent to him , and with this force he in- stantly commenced offensive operations . He took the fort of Timery , effected a junction ...
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... regarded as a states- man ; and his military movements are to be considered as subordinate to his political designs . That in his new capa- city he displayed great talents , and obtained great success , is unquestionable . But it is ...
... regarded as a states- man ; and his military movements are to be considered as subordinate to his political designs . That in his new capa- city he displayed great talents , and obtained great success , is unquestionable . But it is ...
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... regarded him with slavish awe . On one occasion , the Nabob spoke with severity to a native chief of high rank ... regarded him as the only man who could force Meer Jaffier to keep his engagements with them . Meer Jaffier regarded him as ...
... regarded him with slavish awe . On one occasion , the Nabob spoke with severity to a native chief of high rank ... regarded him as the only man who could force Meer Jaffier to keep his engagements with them . Meer Jaffier regarded him as ...
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... regarded with so much uneasiness by the court of Morshedabad , melted away before the mere terror of the British name . The conqueror returned in triumph to Fort William . The joy of Meer Jaffier was as unbounded as his fears had been ...
... regarded with so much uneasiness by the court of Morshedabad , melted away before the mere terror of the British name . The conqueror returned in triumph to Fort William . The joy of Meer Jaffier was as unbounded as his fears had been ...
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