Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Bernh. Tauchnitz jun., 1850 - 349 pages |
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... carried under a guard to Pondicherry , and con- ducted through the town in a triumphal procession under the eyes of fifty thousand spectators . It was with reason thought that this gross violation of public faith absolved the inhabi ...
... carried under a guard to Pondicherry , and con- ducted through the town in a triumphal procession under the eyes of fifty thousand spectators . It was with reason thought that this gross violation of public faith absolved the inhabi ...
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... carried back the plunder of the cities of Lombardy to the depth of the Pannonian forests . The Saracen ruled in Sicily , desolated the fertile plains of Campania , and spread terror even to the walls of Rome . In the midst of these ...
... carried back the plunder of the cities of Lombardy to the depth of the Pannonian forests . The Saracen ruled in Sicily , desolated the fertile plains of Campania , and spread terror even to the walls of Rome . In the midst of these ...
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... carry its victorious arms far to the east of the Burrampooter , and far to the west of the Hydaspes , dictate terms of peace at the gates of Ava , and seat its vassal on the throne of Candahar . The man who first saw that it was ...
... carry its victorious arms far to the east of the Burrampooter , and far to the west of the Hydaspes , dictate terms of peace at the gates of Ava , and seat its vassal on the throne of Candahar . The man who first saw that it was ...
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... 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 Clive ...
... 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 Clive ...
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... all his brave followers had perished round him , drank his latest draught of water , and uttered his latest prayer , how the assassins carried his head in triumph , how the tyrant smote the lifeless lips with his staff , 22 LORD CLIVE .
... all his brave followers had perished round him , drank his latest draught of water , and uttered his latest prayer , how the assassins carried his head in triumph , how the tyrant smote the lifeless lips with his staff , 22 LORD CLIVE .
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