Prose and PoetryR. Hart-Davis, 1952 - 864 pages |
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Page 691
... Company , from the long and intimate union of the commercial and imperial characters in one body . Suppose that the ... Company were brought into this state by circumstances of a very peculiar kind , by circum- stances unparalleled in ...
... Company , from the long and intimate union of the commercial and imperial characters in one body . Suppose that the ... Company were brought into this state by circumstances of a very peculiar kind , by circum- stances unparalleled in ...
Page 692
... Company , though rapid , was not sudden . It is impossible to name any one day , or any one year , as the day or the year when the Company became a great potentate . It has been the fashion indeed to fix on the year 1765 , the year in ...
... Company , though rapid , was not sudden . It is impossible to name any one day , or any one year , as the day or the year when the Company became a great potentate . It has been the fashion indeed to fix on the year 1765 , the year in ...
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... Company . Sir , I own that we cannot prove that either of these accusations is unfounded . It is of the very essence ... Company , and others of conferring a vast boon on the Company , at the expense of India : for we have proposed a ...
... Company . Sir , I own that we cannot prove that either of these accusations is unfounded . It is of the very essence ... Company , and others of conferring a vast boon on the Company , at the expense of India : for we have proposed a ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND SELECTED PASSAGES II | 13 |
ESSAYS | 233 |
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