Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Bernh. Tauchnitz jun., 1850 - 349 pages |
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... letters , who were ignorant of the use of metals , who had not broken in a single animal to labour , who wielded no better weapons than those which could be made out of sticks , flints , and fish - bones , who regarded a horse - soldier ...
... letters , who were ignorant of the use of metals , who had not broken in a single animal to labour , who wielded no better weapons than those which could be made out of sticks , flints , and fish - bones , who regarded a horse - soldier ...
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... letters written by his relations when he was in his seventh year ; and from these letters it appears that , even at that early age , his strong will and his fiery passions , sustained by a constitutional intre- pidity which sometimes ...
... letters written by his relations when he was in his seventh year ; and from these letters it appears that , even at that early age , his strong will and his fiery passions , sustained by a constitutional intre- pidity which sometimes ...
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... letters of recommenda- tion to a gentleman who might have assisted him ; but when he landed at Fort St. George he found that this gentleman had sailed for England . The lad's shy and haughty disposition . withheld him from introducing ...
... letters of recommenda- tion to a gentleman who might have assisted him ; but when he landed at Fort St. George he found that this gentleman had sailed for England . The lad's shy and haughty disposition . withheld him from introducing ...
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... letters , it is said , contain proofs that he was devotedly attached to her . Almost immediately after the marriage , Clive embarked with his bride for England . He returned a very different person from the poor slighted boy who had ...
... letters , it is said , contain proofs that he was devotedly attached to her . Almost immediately after the marriage , Clive embarked with his bride for England . He returned a very different person from the poor slighted boy who had ...
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... letters show that the great difference between Asiatic and European morality was constantly in his thoughts . He seems to have imagined , most erroneously in our opinion , that he could effect nothing against such adversaries , if he ...
... letters show that the great difference between Asiatic and European morality was constantly in his thoughts . He seems to have imagined , most erroneously in our opinion , that he could effect nothing against such adversaries , if he ...
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