Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 4Tauchnitz, 1850 - 349 pages |
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Page 6
... remained some months at the Brazils , where the young adventurer picked up some knowledge of Portuguese and spent all his pocket - money . He did not arrive in India till more than a year after he had left England 6 LORD CLIVE .
... remained some months at the Brazils , where the young adventurer picked up some knowledge of Portuguese and spent all his pocket - money . He did not arrive in India till more than a year after he had left England 6 LORD CLIVE .
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... remained inactive on the frontiers of the Carnatic . The fame of the defence of Arcot roused them from their torpor . Morari Row declared that he had never before believed that Englishmen could fight , but that he would willingly help ...
... remained inactive on the frontiers of the Carnatic . The fame of the defence of Arcot roused them from their torpor . Morari Row declared that he had never before believed that Englishmen could fight , but that he would willingly help ...
Page 27
... remained with Dupleix , there was not a single man of capacity ; and many of them were boys , at whose ignorance and folly the common soldiers laughed . The English triumphed everywhere . The besiegers of Trichinopoly were themselves ...
... remained with Dupleix , there was not a single man of capacity ; and many of them were boys , at whose ignorance and folly the common soldiers laughed . The English triumphed everywhere . The besiegers of Trichinopoly were themselves ...
Page 48
... remained in the power of the conquerors . With the loss of twenty - two soldiers killed and fifty wounded , Clive had scattered an army of near sixty thousand men , and subdued an empire larger and more populous than Great Britain ...
... remained in the power of the conquerors . With the loss of twenty - two soldiers killed and fifty wounded , Clive had scattered an army of near sixty thousand men , and subdued an empire larger and more populous than Great Britain ...
Page 66
... remained deeply rooted in the hearts of both . The whole body of Directors was then chosen annually . At the election of 1763 , Clive attempted to break down the power of the dominant faction . The contest was carried on with a violence ...
... remained deeply rooted in the hearts of both . The whole body of Directors was then chosen annually . At the election of 1763 , Clive attempted to break down the power of the dominant faction . The contest was carried on with a violence ...
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