Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Bernh. Tauchnitz jun., 1850 - 349 pages |
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... act with zeal and good humour in a subordinate capacity . But Lawrence had early treated him with kindness ; and it is bare justice to Clive to say that , proud and overbearing as he was , kindness was never thrown away upon him . He ...
... act with zeal and good humour in a subordinate capacity . But Lawrence had early treated him with kindness ; and it is bare justice to Clive to say that , proud and overbearing as he was , kindness was never thrown away upon him . He ...
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... afraid of breaking with men of parts and of promoting them . Newcastle had set his heart on returning two members for St. Michael , one of those wretched Cornish boroughs which were swept away by the Reform Act in 1832. He 30 LORD CLIVE .
... afraid of breaking with men of parts and of promoting them . Newcastle had set his heart on returning two members for St. Michael , one of those wretched Cornish boroughs which were swept away by the Reform Act in 1832. He 30 LORD CLIVE .
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Thomas Babington Macaulay. were swept away by the Reform Act in 1832. He was opposed by Lord Sandwich , whose influence had long been paramount there : and Fox exerted himself strenuously in Sandwich's behalf . Clive , who had been ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay. were swept away by the Reform Act in 1832. He was opposed by Lord Sandwich , whose influence had long been paramount there : and Fox exerted himself strenuously in Sandwich's behalf . Clive , who had been ...
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... act the English bore no part ; and Meer Jaffier understood so much of their feelings , that he thought it necessary to apologise to them for having avenged them on their most malignant enemy . The shower of wealth now fell copiously on ...
... act the English bore no part ; and Meer Jaffier understood so much of their feelings , that he thought it necessary to apologise to them for having avenged them on their most malignant enemy . The shower of wealth now fell copiously on ...
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... Act of Parliament positively prohibiting English functionaries in India from profiting by this Asiatic usage . This ... Act of Parliament prohibiting the practice of taking pre- sents from Asiastic sovereigns . It is not on the Act which ...
... Act of Parliament positively prohibiting English functionaries in India from profiting by this Asiatic usage . This ... Act of Parliament prohibiting the practice of taking pre- sents from Asiastic sovereigns . It is not on the Act which ...
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