Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Bernh. Tauchnitz jun., 1850 - 349 pages |
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... Bengal . The habits of these mercantile grandees appear to have been more profuse , luxurious , and ostentatious , than those of the high judicial and political functionaries who have succeeded them . But comfort was far less understood ...
... Bengal . The habits of these mercantile grandees appear to have been more profuse , luxurious , and ostentatious , than those of the high judicial and political functionaries who have succeeded them . But comfort was far less understood ...
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... Bengal . Even the European factors trembled for their magazines . Less than a hundred years ago , it was thought necessary to fortify Calcutta against the horsemen of Berar ; and the name of the Mahratta ditch still preserves the memory ...
... Bengal . Even the European factors trembled for their magazines . Less than a hundred years ago , it was thought necessary to fortify Calcutta against the horsemen of Berar ; and the name of the Mahratta ditch still preserves the memory ...
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... the energy of his bold and active mind . Of the provinces which had been subject to the House of Tamerlane , the wealthiest was Bengal . No part of India pos- sessed such natural advantages , both for agriculture and for 32 LORD CLIVE .
... the energy of his bold and active mind . Of the provinces which had been subject to the House of Tamerlane , the wealthiest was Bengal . No part of India pos- sessed such natural advantages , both for agriculture and for 32 LORD CLIVE .
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... Bengal was known through the East as the garden of Eden , as the rich kingdom . Its population multiplied exceedingly . Distant provinces were nourished from the overflowing of its grana- ries ; and the noble ladies of London and Paris ...
... Bengal was known through the East as the garden of Eden , as the rich kingdom . Its population multiplied exceedingly . Distant provinces were nourished from the overflowing of its grana- ries ; and the noble ladies of London and Paris ...
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... Bengal . The French were settled , as they still are , at Chandernagore on the Hoogley . Higher up the stream the Dutch traders held Chinsurah . Nearer to the sea , the English had built Fort William . A church and ample warehouses rose ...
... Bengal . The French were settled , as they still are , at Chandernagore on the Hoogley . Higher up the stream the Dutch traders held Chinsurah . Nearer to the sea , the English had built Fort William . A church and ample warehouses rose ...
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