Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Bernh. Tauchnitz jun., 1850 - 349 pages |
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Page 16
... respect , as a venerable relic of an order of things which had 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 ...
... respect , as a venerable relic of an order of things which had 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 ...
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... respect- able force out of his unpromising materials . Covelong fell . Clive learned that a strong detachment was marching to relieve it from Chingleput . He took measures to prevent the enemy from learning that they were too late ...
... respect- able force out of his unpromising materials . Covelong fell . Clive learned that a strong detachment was marching to relieve it from Chingleput . He took measures to prevent the enemy from learning that they were too late ...
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... respecting elections were then considered merely as party questions . Judicial impartiality was not even affected . Sir Robert Wal- pole was in the habit of saying openly that , in election battles , there ought to be no quarter . On ...
... respecting elections were then considered merely as party questions . Judicial impartiality was not even affected . Sir Robert Wal- pole was in the habit of saying openly that , in election battles , there ought to be no quarter . On ...
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... respect to the temporal interests of indivi- duals ; but , with respect to societies , the rule is subject to still fewer exceptions , and that , for this reason , that the life of societies is longer than the life of individuals . It ...
... respect to the temporal interests of indivi- duals ; but , with respect to societies , the rule is subject to still fewer exceptions , and that , for this reason , that the life of societies is longer than the life of individuals . It ...
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... respect to a cross , a medal , or a yard of coloured riband . But how can any government be well served , if those who command its forces are at liberty , without its permission , without its privity , to accept princely fortuness from ...
... respect to a cross , a medal , or a yard of coloured riband . But how can any government be well served , if those who command its forces are at liberty , without its permission , without its privity , to accept princely fortuness from ...
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