Prose and PoetryR. Hart-Davis, 1952 - 864 pages |
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Page 323
... Clive . More than a hundred of the French were killed or taken , a loss more serious than that of thousands of natives . The victorious army marched from the field of battle to Fort St. David . On the road lay the City of the Victory of ...
... Clive . More than a hundred of the French were killed or taken , a loss more serious than that of thousands of natives . The victorious army marched from the field of battle to Fort St. David . On the road lay the City of the Victory of ...
Page 325
... Clive would risk his reputation by commanding it . It consisted of five hundred newly- levied sepoys , and two hundred recruits who had just landed from England , and who were the worst and ... Clive , and was toasted by LORD CLIVE 325.
... Clive would risk his reputation by commanding it . It consisted of five hundred newly- levied sepoys , and two hundred recruits who had just landed from England , and who were the worst and ... Clive , and was toasted by LORD CLIVE 325.
Page 355
... Clive triumphed . Sulivan , lately absolute master of the India House , was within a vote of losing his own seat ; and both the chairman and the deputy - chairman were ... Clive redeemed his pledge . He remained in India about LORD CLIVE 355.
... Clive triumphed . Sulivan , lately absolute master of the India House , was within a vote of losing his own seat ; and both the chairman and the deputy - chairman were ... Clive redeemed his pledge . He remained in India about LORD CLIVE 355.
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND SELECTED PASSAGES II | 13 |
ESSAYS | 233 |
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