Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Bernh. Tauchnitz jun., 1850 - 349 pages |
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... soldier as a monster , half man and half beast , who took a harque- busier for a sorcerer , able to scatter the thunder and light- Macaulay , Essays . IV . 1 man . ning of the skies . The people of India , LORD CLIVE.
... soldier as a monster , half man and half beast , who took a harque- busier for a sorcerer , able to scatter the thunder and light- Macaulay , Essays . IV . 1 man . ning of the skies . The people of India , LORD CLIVE.
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... soldiers occupied Rohilcund . The Seiks ruled on the Indus . The Jauts spread dismay along the Jumna . The highlands which border on the western sea - coast of India poured forth a yet more formidable race , a race which was long the ...
... soldiers occupied Rohilcund . The Seiks ruled on the Indus . The Jauts spread dismay along the Jumna . The highlands which border on the western sea - coast of India poured forth a yet more formidable race , a race which was long the ...
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... soldiers , and two thousand sepoys , dis- ciplined after the European fashion , to the assistance of his confederates . A battle was fought . The French distinguished themselves greatly . Anaverdy Khan was defeated and slain . His son ...
... soldiers , and two thousand sepoys , dis- ciplined after the European fashion , to the assistance of his confederates . A battle was fought . The French distinguished themselves greatly . Anaverdy Khan was defeated and slain . His son ...
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... soldiers , and three hundred sepoys armed and disciplined after the European fashion , Of the eight officers who commanded this little force under him , only two had ever been in action , and four of the eight were factors of the ...
... soldiers , and three hundred sepoys armed and disciplined after the European fashion , Of the eight officers who commanded this little force under him , only two had ever been in action , and four of the eight were factors of the ...
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... soldiers whom Dupleix despatched from Pondicherry . The whole of this army , amounting to about ten thousand men , was under the command of Rajah Sahib , son of Chunda Sahib . Rajah Sahib proceeded to invest the fort of Arcot , which ...
... soldiers whom Dupleix despatched from Pondicherry . The whole of this army , amounting to about ten thousand men , was under the command of Rajah Sahib , son of Chunda Sahib . Rajah Sahib proceeded to invest the fort of Arcot , which ...
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