Prose and PoetryR. Hart-Davis, 1952 - 864 pages |
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... English factory led in triumph through the streets of Pondicherry ; they had seen the arms and counsels of Dupleix everywhere successful , while the opposition which the authorities of Madras had made to his progress , had served only ...
... English factory led in triumph through the streets of Pondicherry ; they had seen the arms and counsels of Dupleix everywhere successful , while the opposition which the authorities of Madras had made to his progress , had served only ...
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... English presented , he fell back in alarm , and consented to make peace with them on their own terms . The treaty was no sooner con- cluded than he formed new designs against them . He intrigued with the French authorities at ...
... English presented , he fell back in alarm , and consented to make peace with them on their own terms . The treaty was no sooner con- cluded than he formed new designs against them . He intrigued with the French authorities at ...
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... English , had fled from the palace of his father . His birth was still revered in India . Some powerful princes , the Nabob of Oude in particular , were inclined to favour him . Shah Alum found it easy to draw to his standard great ...
... English , had fled from the palace of his father . His birth was still revered in India . Some powerful princes , the Nabob of Oude in particular , were inclined to favour him . Shah Alum found it easy to draw to his standard great ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND SELECTED PASSAGES II | 13 |
ESSAYS | 233 |
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