Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Bernh. Tauchnitz jun., 1850 - 349 pages |
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... passed upon the empire . The cor- ruption of death began to ferment into new forms of life . While the great body , as a whole , was torpid and passive , every separate member began to feel with a sense , and to move with an energy all ...
... passed upon the empire . The cor- ruption of death began to ferment into new forms of life . While the great body , as a whole , was torpid and passive , every separate member began to feel with a sense , and to move with an energy all ...
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... passed away , it was absurd to regard him as the real master of Hindostan . In the year 1748 , died one of the most powerful of the new masters of India , the great Nizam al Mulk , Viceroy of the Deccan . His authority descended to his ...
... passed away , it was absurd to regard him as the real master of Hindostan . In the year 1748 , died one of the most powerful of the new masters of India , the great Nizam al Mulk , Viceroy of the Deccan . His authority descended to his ...
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... passed an anxious night , looking for a renewal of the attack . But when day broke , the enemy were no more to be seen . They had retired , leaving to the English several guns and a large quantity of ammunition . The news was received ...
... passed an anxious night , looking for a renewal of the attack . But when day broke , the enemy were no more to be seen . They had retired , leaving to the English several guns and a large quantity of ammunition . The news was received ...
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... matches at school to those stormy altercations at the India House and in Parliament amidst which his later years were passed , his very faults were those of a high and magnanimous spirit . The truth seems 40 LORD CLIVE .
... matches at school to those stormy altercations at the India House and in Parliament amidst which his later years were passed , his very faults were those of a high and magnanimous spirit . The truth seems 40 LORD CLIVE .
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... passing the river on the morrow . The river was passed ; and at the close of a toilsome day's march , the army , long after sunset , took up its quarters in a grove of mango - trees near Plassey , within a mile of the enemy . Clive was ...
... passing the river on the morrow . The river was passed ; and at the close of a toilsome day's march , the army , long after sunset , took up its quarters in a grove of mango - trees near Plassey , within a mile of the enemy . Clive was ...
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