Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1Dent, 1909 - 669 pages |
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Page 267
... Bengal - Davy , a fiend , who destroys ships- Thomas , a foundling , brought up by Mr. Allworthy . " It is from such sources as these that Temple seems to have learned all that he knew about the ancients . He puts the story of Orpheus ...
... Bengal - Davy , a fiend , who destroys ships- Thomas , a foundling , brought up by Mr. Allworthy . " It is from such sources as these that Temple seems to have learned all that he knew about the ancients . He puts the story of Orpheus ...
Page 400
... Bengal , Bahar , Orissa , and the Carnatic , the authority of the East India Company was more absolute than that of Acbar or Aurungzebe had ever been . On the continent of Europe the odds were against England . We had but one important ...
... Bengal , Bahar , Orissa , and the Carnatic , the authority of the East India Company was more absolute than that of Acbar or Aurungzebe had ever been . On the continent of Europe the odds were against England . We had but one important ...
Page 462
... Bengal and Tanjore . At Burton Pynsent , he ordered a great extent of ground to be planted with cedars . Cedars enough for the purpose were not to be found in Somersetshire . They were therefore collected in London , and sent down by ...
... Bengal and Tanjore . At Burton Pynsent , he ordered a great extent of ground to be planted with cedars . Cedars enough for the purpose were not to be found in Somersetshire . They were therefore collected in London , and sent down by ...
Page 482
... Bengal . The habits of these mer- cantile grandees appear to have been more profuse , luxurious , and ostentatious , than those of the high judicial and political functionaries who have succeeded them . But comfort was far less ...
... Bengal . The habits of these mer- cantile grandees appear to have been more profuse , luxurious , and ostentatious , than those of the high judicial and political functionaries who have succeeded them . But comfort was far less ...
Page 488
... Bengal . Even the European factors trembled for their magazines . Less than a hundred years ago , it was thought necessary to fortify Calcutta against the horsemen of Berar , and the name of the Mahratta ditch still preserves the memory ...
... Bengal . Even the European factors trembled for their magazines . Less than a hundred years ago , it was thought necessary to fortify Calcutta against the horsemen of Berar , and the name of the Mahratta ditch still preserves the memory ...
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