Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Bernh. Tauchnitz jun., 1850 - 349 pages |
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Page 35
... Bengal was a chief seat , should be driven by his violence to some other quarter . Pretexts for a quarrel were readily found . The English , in expectation of a war with France , had begun to fortify their settlement without special ...
... Bengal was a chief seat , should be driven by his violence to some other quarter . Pretexts for a quarrel were readily found . The English , in expectation of a war with France , had begun to fortify their settlement without special ...
Page 36
... Bengal can scarcely be rendered tolerable to natives of England by lofty halls and by the constant waving of fans . The number of the prisoners was one hundred and forty - six . When they were ordered to enter the cell , they imagined ...
... Bengal can scarcely be rendered tolerable to natives of England by lofty halls and by the constant waving of fans . The number of the prisoners was one hundred and forty - six . When they were ordered to enter the cell , they imagined ...
Page 42
... Bengal . All this was well known to Clive and Watson . They determined accordingly to strike a decisive blow , and to attack Chandernagore , before the force there could be strengthened by new arrivals , either from the south of India ...
... Bengal . All this was well known to Clive and Watson . They determined accordingly to strike a decisive blow , and to attack Chandernagore , before the force there could be strengthened by new arrivals , either from the south of India ...
Page 43
... Bengal . In return , Meer Jaffier promised ample compensa- tion to the Company and its servants , and a liberal donative to the army , the navy , and the committee . The odious vices of Surajah Dowlah , the wrongs which the English had ...
... Bengal . In return , Meer Jaffier promised ample compensa- tion to the Company and its servants , and a liberal donative to the army , the navy , and the committee . The odious vices of Surajah Dowlah , the wrongs which the English had ...
Page 46
... Bengal . But scarcely had the meeting broken up when he was himself again . He retired alone under the shade of some trees , and passed near an hour there in thought . He came back determined to put every thing to the hazard , and gave ...
... Bengal . But scarcely had the meeting broken up when he was himself again . He retired alone under the shade of some trees , and passed near an hour there in thought . He came back determined to put every thing to the hazard , and gave ...
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