Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 4Tauchnitz, 1850 - 349 pages |
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Page 7
... soon became too busy , for literary pursuits . But neither climate nor poverty , neither study nor the sorrows of a home - sick exile , could tame the desperate auda- city of his spirit . He behaved to his official superiors as he had ...
... soon became too busy , for literary pursuits . But neither climate nor poverty , neither study nor the sorrows of a home - sick exile , could tame the desperate auda- city of his spirit . He behaved to his official superiors as he had ...
Page 9
... soon began to show in his new call- ing other qualities which had not before been discerned in him , judgment , sagacity , deference to legitimate authority . He distinguished himself highly in several operations against the French ...
... soon began to show in his new call- ing other qualities which had not before been discerned in him , judgment , sagacity , deference to legitimate authority . He distinguished himself highly in several operations against the French ...
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... soon followed to complete the work of devastation which the Persian had begun . The warlike tribes of Rajpootana threw off the Mussulman joke . A band of mer- cenary soldiers occupied Rohilcund . The Seiks ruled on the Indus . The Jauts ...
... soon followed to complete the work of devastation which the Persian had begun . The warlike tribes of Rajpootana threw off the Mussulman joke . A band of mer- cenary soldiers occupied Rohilcund . The Seiks ruled on the Indus . The Jauts ...
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... soon to con- quer and to rule them . They had seen the French colours flying on Fort St. George ; they had seen the chiefs of the English factory led in triumph through the streets of Pondi- cherry ; they had seen the arms and counsels ...
... soon to con- quer and to rule them . They had seen the French colours flying on Fort St. George ; they had seen the chiefs of the English factory led in triumph through the streets of Pondi- cherry ; they had seen the arms and counsels ...
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... soon carried to Chunda Sahib , who , with his French allies , was besieging Trichinopoly . He immediately detached four thousand men from his camp , and sent them to Arcot . They were speedily joined by the remains of the force which ...
... soon carried to Chunda Sahib , who , with his French allies , was besieging Trichinopoly . He immediately detached four thousand men from his camp , and sent them to Arcot . They were speedily joined by the remains of the force which ...
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