Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Bernh. Tauchnitz jun., 1850 - 349 pages |
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Page 23
... believe that whoever , during this festival , falls in arms against the infidels , atones by his death for all the sins of his life , and passes at once to the garden of the Houris . It was at this time that Rajah Sahib determined to ...
... believe that whoever , during this festival , falls in arms against the infidels , atones by his death for all the sins of his life , and passes at once to the garden of the Houris . It was at this time that Rajah Sahib determined to ...
Page 25
... believe , to take this step , not by personal or national malevo- lence , but by a just and profound policy . The town and its pompous name , the pillar and its vaunting inscriptions , were among the devices by which Dupleix had laid ...
... believe , to take this step , not by personal or national malevo- lence , but by a just and profound policy . The town and its pompous name , the pillar and its vaunting inscriptions , were among the devices by which Dupleix had laid ...
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... believe to be generally correct , even with respect to the temporal interests of indivi- duals ; but , with respect to societies , the rule is subject to still fewer exceptions , and that , for this reason , that the life of societies ...
... believe to be generally correct , even with respect to the temporal interests of indivi- duals ; but , with respect to societies , the rule is subject to still fewer exceptions , and that , for this reason , that the life of societies ...
Page 62
... believe , the imputation most fatal to the character of a soldier . It was under the command of a foreign general that the British had triumphed at Minden and War- burg . The people therefore , as was natural , greeted with pride and ...
... believe , the imputation most fatal to the character of a soldier . It was under the command of a foreign general that the British had triumphed at Minden and War- burg . The people therefore , as was natural , greeted with pride and ...
Page 85
... believe to have been unfounded . That servants of the Company had ventured , since Clive's departure , to deal in rice , is probable . That , if they dealt in rice , they must have gained by the scar- city , is certain . But there is no ...
... believe to have been unfounded . That servants of the Company had ventured , since Clive's departure , to deal in rice , is probable . That , if they dealt in rice , they must have gained by the scar- city , is certain . But there is no ...
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