Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, 3. kötetLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854 |
Részletek a könyvből
1 - 5 találat összesen 96 találatból.
5. oldal
... Bengal . The habits of these mercantile 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 understood ...
... Bengal . The habits of these mercantile 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 understood ...
14. oldal
... 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 ...
33. oldal
... Bengal . No part of India possessed such natural advantages , both for agriculture and for commerce . The Ganges , rushing through a hundred channels to the sea , has formed a vast plain of rich mould which , even under the tro- pical ...
... Bengal . No part of India possessed such natural advantages , both for agriculture and for commerce . The Ganges , rushing through a hundred channels to the sea , has formed a vast plain of rich mould which , even under the tro- pical ...
34. oldal
... Bengal . The French were settled , as they still are , at Chandernagore on the Hoogley . Higher up the stream the Dutch traders held Chinsurah . Nearer to the sea , the English had built Fort William . A church and ample warehouses rose ...
... Bengal . The French were settled , as they still are , at Chandernagore on the Hoogley . Higher up the stream the Dutch traders held Chinsurah . Nearer to the sea , the English had built Fort William . A church and ample warehouses rose ...
35. oldal
... Bengal , together with Orissa and Bahar , had long been governed by a viceroy , whom the English called Aliverdy Khan , and who , like the other viceroys of the Mogul , had become vir- tually independent . He died in 1756 , and the sove ...
... Bengal , together with Orissa and Bahar , had long been governed by a viceroy , whom the English called Aliverdy Khan , and who , like the other viceroys of the Mogul , had become vir- tually independent . He died in 1756 , and the sove ...
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
Addison admiration appeared army authority began Benares Bengal British Burke Bute Calcutta called Catholic character Chatham chief Church Clive Company Congreve Council Country Wife court Daylesford Dowlah Duke Dupleix eloquence eminent empire enemies England English Europe fame favour favourite feeling fortune France Frances Burney French friends genius George George Grenville Governor Governor-General Grenville hand Hastings honour house of Bourbon House of Commons hundred impeachment India justice King lady letters literary lived London Lord Lord Holland Lord Rockingham Madame D'Arblay Mahrattas manner Meer Jaffier ment mind ministers Miss Burney morality Nabob native nature never Nuncomar Omichund Oude Parliament party passed person Pitt poet political Pope Price One Shilling princes Protestantism Rockingham Rohilla Rome scarcely seemed sent servants soon spirit strong talents thing thought thousand pounds tion took Tories truth vote Whig whole write Wycherley