Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, 4. kötetTauchnitz, 1850 - 349 oldal |
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4. oldal
... formed all the idle lads of the town into a kind of predatory army , and compelled the shopkeepers to submit to a tribute of apples and half - pence , in consideration of which he guaranteed the security of their windows . He was sent ...
... formed all the idle lads of the town into a kind of predatory army , and compelled the shopkeepers to submit to a tribute of apples and half - pence , in consideration of which he guaranteed the security of their windows . He was sent ...
15. oldal
... formed this scheme , at a time when the ablest servants of the English Company were busied only about invoices and bills of lading . Nor had he only proposed to himself the end . He had also a just and distinct view of the means by ...
... formed this scheme , at a time when the ablest servants of the English Company were busied only about invoices and bills of lading . Nor had he only proposed to himself the end . He had also a just and distinct view of the means by ...
28. oldal
... forming a respect- able force out of his unpromising materials . Covelong fell . Clive learned that a strong detachment was marching to re- lieve it from Chingleput . He took measures to prevent the enemy from learning that they were ...
... forming a respect- able force out of his unpromising materials . Covelong fell . Clive learned that a strong detachment was marching to re- lieve it from Chingleput . He took measures to prevent the enemy from learning that they were ...
33. oldal
... formed a vast plain of rich mould which , even under the tropical sky , rivals the verdure of an English April . The rice fields yield an increase such as is elsewhere unknown . Spices , sugar , vegetable oils , are produced with ...
... formed a vast plain of rich mould which , even under the tropical sky , rivals the verdure of an English April . The rice fields yield an increase such as is elsewhere unknown . Spices , sugar , vegetable oils , are produced with ...
35. oldal
... formed a very exaggerated notion of the wealth which might be obtained by plundering them ; and his feeble and uncultivated mind was incapable of perceiving that the riches of Calcutta , had they even been greater than he ima- gined ...
... formed a very exaggerated notion of the wealth which might be obtained by plundering them ; and his feeble and uncultivated mind was incapable of perceiving that the riches of Calcutta , had they even been greater than he ima- gined ...
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