Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Bernh. Tauchnitz jun., 1850 - 349 pages |
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... servant of the Company was not , as now , to conduct the judicial , financial , and diplomatic business of a great country , but to take stock , to make ad- vances to weavers , to ship cargoes , and above all to keep an eye on private ...
... servant of the Company was not , as now , to conduct the judicial , financial , and diplomatic business of a great country , but to take stock , to make ad- vances to weavers , to ship cargoes , and above all to keep an eye on private ...
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... servant of the Company . Clive's voyage was unusually tedious even for that age . The ship remained some months at the Brazils , where the young adventurer picked up some knowledge of Portuguese and spent all his pocket - money . He did ...
... servant of the Company . Clive's voyage was unusually tedious even for that age . The ship remained some months at the Brazils , where the young adventurer picked up some knowledge of Portuguese and spent all his pocket - money . He did ...
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... servants of the Company . The Governor and several of the first gentlemen of Fort St. George were carried under a guard to Pondicherry , and con- ducted through the town in a triumphal procession under the eyes of fifty thousand ...
... servants of the Company . The Governor and several of the first gentlemen of Fort St. George were carried under a guard to Pondicherry , and con- ducted through the town in a triumphal procession under the eyes of fifty thousand ...
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... servants of the English Company were busied only about invoices and bills of lading . Nor had he only proposed to himself the end . He had also a just and distinct view of the means by which it was to be attained . He clearly saw that ...
... servants of the English Company were busied only about invoices and bills of lading . Nor had he only proposed to himself the end . He had also a just and distinct view of the means by which it was to be attained . He clearly saw that ...
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... delivered up . On such grounds as these Surajah Dowlah marched with a great army against Fort William . The servants of the Company at Madras had been forced by Dupleix to become statesmen and soldiers . Those in 3 * LORD CLIVE . 35.
... delivered up . On such grounds as these Surajah Dowlah marched with a great army against Fort William . The servants of the Company at Madras had been forced by Dupleix to become statesmen and soldiers . Those in 3 * LORD CLIVE . 35.
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