Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Bernh. Tauchnitz jun., 1850 - 349 pages |
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... 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 Pondicherry . Dupleix , moreover , had already begun to revolve gigantic 8 ...
... 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 Pondicherry . Dupleix , moreover , had already begun to revolve gigantic 8 ...
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... honour . In truth , however , they were no longer lieutenants removable at pleasure , but independent hereditary princes . In this way originated those great Mussulman houses which formerly ruled Bengal and the Carnatic , and those ...
... honour . In truth , however , they were no longer lieutenants removable at pleasure , but independent hereditary princes . In this way originated those great Mussulman houses which formerly ruled Bengal and the Carnatic , and those ...
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... honour or emolument could be obtained from the govern- ment but by his intervention . No petiton , unless signed by him , was perused by the Nizam . Mirzapha Jung survived his elevation only a few months . But another prince of the same ...
... honour or emolument could be obtained from the govern- ment but by his intervention . No petiton , unless signed by him , was perused by the Nizam . Mirzapha Jung survived his elevation only a few months . But another prince of the same ...
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... honour to the oldest marshal in Europe . The breach , however , increased day by day . The garrison began to feel the pressure of hunger . Under such circumstances , any troops so scantily provided with officers might have been expected ...
... honour to the oldest marshal in Europe . The breach , however , increased day by day . The garrison began to feel the pressure of hunger . Under such circumstances , any troops so scantily provided with officers might have been expected ...
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... honour and integrity in the conduct of his hero . But we can as little agree with Mr. Mill , who has gone so far as to say that Clive was a man " to whom deception , when it suited his purpose , never cost a pang . " Clive seems to us ...
... honour and integrity in the conduct of his hero . But we can as little agree with Mr. Mill , who has gone so far as to say that Clive was a man " to whom deception , when it suited his purpose , never cost a pang . " Clive seems to us ...
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