Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Bernh. Tauchnitz jun., 1850 - 349 pages |
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... hands of the French till it should be ransomed . Labourdonnais pledged his honour that only a moderate ransom should be required . But the success of Labourdonnais had awakened the jea- lousy of his countryman , Dupleix , governor of ...
... hands of the French till it should be ransomed . Labourdonnais pledged his honour that only a moderate ransom should be required . But the success of Labourdonnais had awakened the jea- lousy of his countryman , Dupleix , governor of ...
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... gates of Delhi , and bore away in triumph those treasures of which the magnificence had astounded Roe and Bernier , the Peacock Throne , on which the richest jewels of Golconda had been disposed by the most skilful hands of 12 LORD CLIVE .
... gates of Delhi , and bore away in triumph those treasures of which the magnificence had astounded Roe and Bernier , the Peacock Throne , on which the richest jewels of Golconda had been disposed by the most skilful hands of 12 LORD CLIVE .
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Thomas Babington Macaulay. Golconda had been disposed by the most skilful hands of Eu- rope , and the inestimable Mountain of Light , which , after many strange vicissitudes , lately shone in the bracelet of Run- jeet Sing , and is now ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay. Golconda had been disposed by the most skilful hands of Eu- rope , and the inestimable Mountain of Light , which , after many strange vicissitudes , lately shone in the bracelet of Run- jeet Sing , and is now ...
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... hands represented him as the undoubted , the legitimate , the absolute sovereign , whom all subordinate authorities were bound to obey . The party against whom his name was used did not want plausible pretexts for maintaining that the ...
... hands represented him as the undoubted , the legitimate , the absolute sovereign , whom all subordinate authorities were bound to obey . The party against whom his name was used did not want plausible pretexts for maintaining that the ...
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... hands of his own followers ; Mirzapha Jung was master of the Deccan ; and the triumph of French arms and French policy was complete . At Pondicherry all was exultation and festivity . Salutes were fired from the batteries , and Te Deum ...
... hands of his own followers ; Mirzapha Jung was master of the Deccan ; and the triumph of French arms and French policy was complete . At Pondicherry all was exultation and festivity . Salutes were fired from the batteries , and Te Deum ...
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