Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Bernh. Tauchnitz jun., 1850 - 349 pages |
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... Powis were indeed of great value . But we cannot say that they have been very skilfully worked up . It would , however , be unjust to criticize with severity a work which , if the author had lived to complete and revise it 2 LORD CLIVE .
... Powis were indeed of great value . But we cannot say that they have been very skilfully worked up . It would , however , be unjust to criticize with severity a work which , if the author had lived to complete and revise it 2 LORD CLIVE .
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Thomas Babington Macaulay. if the author had lived to complete and revise it , would pro- bably have been improved by condensation and by a better arrangement . We are more disposed to perform the pleasing duty of expressing our ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay. if the author had lived to complete and revise it , would pro- bably have been improved by condensation and by a better arrangement . We are more disposed to perform the pleasing duty of expressing our ...
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... lived to rise to the top of the service often accumulated con- siderable fortunes . Madras , to which Clive had been appointed , was , at this time , perhaps , the first in importance of the Company's settlements . In the preceding ...
... lived to rise to the top of the service often accumulated con- siderable fortunes . Madras , to which Clive had been appointed , was , at this time , perhaps , the first in importance of the Company's settlements . In the preceding ...
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... lived splendidly , dressed gaily even for those times , kept a carriage and saddle horses , and , not content with these ways of getting rid of his money , resorted to the most speedy and effectual of all modes of evacuation , a con ...
... lived splendidly , dressed gaily even for those times , kept a carriage and saddle horses , and , not content with these ways of getting rid of his money , resorted to the most speedy and effectual of all modes of evacuation , a con ...
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... lived with great magnificence in Berkeley Square . He reared one palace in Shropshire and another at Claremont . His parliamentary influence might vie with that of the greatest families . But in all this splendour and power envy found ...
... lived with great magnificence in Berkeley Square . He reared one palace in Shropshire and another at Claremont . His parliamentary influence might vie with that of the greatest families . But in all this splendour and power envy found ...
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