Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Bernh. Tauchnitz jun., 1850 - 349 pages |
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Page 6
... 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 not arrive in India till more than a year after he had left England 6 LORD CLIVE .
... 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 not arrive in India till more than a year after he had left England 6 LORD CLIVE .
Page 7
... young man devoted much of his leisure to reading , and acquired at this time almost all the knowledge of books that he ever possessed . As a boy he had been too idle , as a man he soon became too busy , for literary pursuits . But ...
... young man devoted much of his leisure to reading , and acquired at this time almost all the knowledge of books that he ever possessed . As a boy he had been too idle , as a man he soon became too busy , for literary pursuits . But ...
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... young ensign was at liberty to resume his former business . He did indeed return for a short time to his desk . He again quitted it in order to assist Major Lawrence in some petty hostilities with the natives , and then again returned ...
... young ensign was at liberty to resume his former business . He did indeed return for a short time to his desk . He again quitted it in order to assist Major Lawrence in some petty hostilities with the natives , and then again returned ...
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... young captain was put at the head of two hundred English 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 ...
... young captain was put at the head of two hundred English 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 ...
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... young man of five and twenty , who had been bred a book- keeper . During fifty days the siege went on . During fifty days the young captain maintained the defence , with a firmness , vi- gilance , and ability , which would have done ...
... young man of five and twenty , who had been bred a book- keeper . During fifty days the siege went on . During fifty days the young captain maintained the defence , with a firmness , vi- gilance , and ability , which would have done ...
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