Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Bernh. Tauchnitz jun., 1850 - 349 pages |
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Page 74
... charge a particular portion of the revenue with their main- tenance . He thus , while he put an end to the practices by which gigantic fortunes had been rapidly accumulated , gave to every British functionary employed in the East the ...
... charge a particular portion of the revenue with their main- tenance . He thus , while he put an end to the practices by which gigantic fortunes had been rapidly accumulated , gave to every British functionary employed in the East the ...
Page 76
... charge . " The officers , " he said , are Englishmen , not assassins . " 66 While he reformed the civil service and established his authority over the army , he was equally successful in his foreign policy . His landing on Indian ground ...
... charge . " The officers , " he said , are Englishmen , not assassins . " 66 While he reformed the civil service and established his authority over the army , he was equally successful in his foreign policy . His landing on Indian ground ...
Page 85
... charges we 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 ...
... charges we 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 ...
Page 89
... charge of the slightest transgression . If a man has sold beer on Sunday morning , it is no defence that he has saved the life of a fellow- creature at the risk of his own . If he has harnessed a New- foundland dog to his little child's ...
... charge of the slightest transgression . If a man has sold beer on Sunday morning , it is no defence that he has saved the life of a fellow- creature at the risk of his own . If he has harnessed a New- foundland dog to his little child's ...
Page 90
... charges came in a definite form before the House of Commons . Burgoyne , chairman of the committee , a man of wit , fashion , and honour , an agreeable dramatic writer , an officer whose courage was never questioned and whose skill was ...
... charges came in a definite form before the House of Commons . Burgoyne , chairman of the committee , a man of wit , fashion , and honour , an agreeable dramatic writer , an officer whose courage was never questioned and whose skill was ...
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