Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 4Tauchnitz, 1850 - 349 pages |
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... side . Though England was even then the first of maritime powers , she was not , as she has since become , more than a match on the sea for all the nations of the world together ; and she found it difficult to maintain a contest against ...
... side . Though England was even then the first of maritime powers , she was not , as she has since become , more than a match on the sea for all the nations of the world together ; and she found it difficult to maintain a contest against ...
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... sides of which four pompous inscrip- tions , in four languages , should proclaim his glory to all the nations of the East . Medals stamped with emblems of his successes were buried beneath the foundations of this stately pillar , and ...
... sides of which four pompous inscrip- tions , in four languages , should proclaim his glory to all the nations of the East . Medals stamped with emblems of his successes were buried beneath the foundations of this stately pillar , and ...
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... side , and found tools even among the allies of the English Company . But all was in vain . Slowly , but steadily , the power of Britain continued to increase , and that of France to decline . The health of Clive had never been good ...
... side , and found tools even among the allies of the English Company . But all was in vain . Slowly , but steadily , the power of Britain continued to increase , and that of France to decline . The health of Clive had never been good ...
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... side and sometimes to the other . Fox put forth all his rare powers of debate , beat half the lawyers in the House at their own weapons , and carried division after division against the whole influence of the Treasury . The committee ...
... side and sometimes to the other . Fox put forth all his rare powers of debate , beat half the lawyers in the House at their own weapons , and carried division after division against the whole influence of the Treasury . The committee ...
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... side the heaps of corpses on which the burning climate had already begun to do its loathsome work . When at length a passage was made , twenty - three ghastly figures , such as their own mothers would not have known , staggered one by ...
... side the heaps of corpses on which the burning climate had already begun to do its loathsome work . When at length a passage was made , twenty - three ghastly figures , such as their own mothers would not have known , staggered one by ...
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