Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, 3. kötetLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854 |
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3. oldal
... became the father of a very numerous family . His eldest son , Robert , the founder of the British empire in India , was born at the old seat of his ancestors on the twenty - ninth of September , 1725 . Some lineaments of the character ...
... became the father of a very numerous family . His eldest son , Robert , the founder of the British empire in India , was born at the old seat of his ancestors on the twenty - ninth of September , 1725 . Some lineaments of the character ...
7. oldal
... became acquainted with a single family . The climate affected his health and spirits . His duties were of a kind ill suited to his ardent and daring character . He pined for his home , and in his letters to his relations expressed his ...
... became acquainted with a single family . The climate affected his health and spirits . His duties were of a kind ill suited to his ardent and daring character . He pined for his home , and in his letters to his relations expressed his ...
14. oldal
... became sovereigns . They might still acknowledge in words the superiority of the house of Tamerlane ; as a Count of Flanders or a Duke of Burgundy might have acknowledged the superiority of the most helpless driveller among the later ...
... became sovereigns . They might still acknowledge in words the superiority of the house of Tamerlane ; as a Count of Flanders or a Duke of Burgundy might have acknowledged the superiority of the most helpless driveller among the later ...
17. oldal
... became at once masters of almost every part of the Carnatic . This was but the beginning of the greatness of Dupleix . After some months of fighting , negotiation , and intrigue , his ability and good fortune seemed to have prevailed ...
... became at once masters of almost every part of the Carnatic . This was but the beginning of the greatness of Dupleix . After some months of fighting , negotiation , and intrigue , his ability and good fortune seemed to have prevailed ...
30. oldal
... became stronger and stronger as news arrived of one brilliant exploit after another ; and he was at length immoderately fond and proud of his son . Clive's relations had very substantial reasons for rejoicing at his return ...
... became stronger and stronger as news arrived of one brilliant exploit after another ; and he was at length immoderately fond and proud of his son . Clive's relations had very substantial reasons for rejoicing at his return ...
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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