Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Bernh. Tauchnitz jun., 1850 - 349 pages |
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... present . The voyage by the Cape , which in our time has often been performed within three months , was then very seldom accomplished in six , and was sometimes protracted to more than a year . Consequently , the Anglo - Indian was then ...
... present . The voyage by the Cape , which in our time has often been performed within three months , was then very seldom accomplished in six , and was sometimes protracted to more than a year . Consequently , the Anglo - Indian was then ...
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... present , or solicit from him a title of 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 ...
... present , or solicit from him a title of 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 ...
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... present emergency called forth all his powers . He re- presented to his superiors that , unless some vigorous effort were made , Trichinopoly would fall , the House of Anaverdy Khan would perish , and the French would become the real ...
... present emergency called forth all his powers . He re- presented to his superiors that , unless some vigorous effort were made , Trichinopoly would fall , the House of Anaverdy Khan would perish , and the French would become the real ...
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... present , protracted the struggle . The Mahrattas muttered that his soldiers were of a different race from the British whom they found elsewhere . The effect of this languor was that in no long time Rajah Sahib , at the head of a ...
... present , protracted the struggle . The Mahrattas muttered that his soldiers were of a different race from the British whom they found elsewhere . The effect of this languor was that in no long time Rajah Sahib , at the head of a ...
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... present occasion the excitement was great . The matter really at issue was , not whether Clive had been properly or improperly returned , but whether Newcastle or Fox was to be master of the New House of Commons , and consequently first ...
... present occasion the excitement was great . The matter really at issue was , not whether Clive had been properly or improperly returned , but whether Newcastle or Fox was to be master of the New House of Commons , and consequently first ...
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