Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, 3. kötetLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854 |
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9. oldal
... distinguished himself highly in several operations against the French , and was par- ticularly noticed by Major Lawrence , who was then considered as the ablest British officer in India . Clive had been only a few months in the army ...
... distinguished himself highly in several operations against the French , and was par- ticularly noticed by Major Lawrence , who was then considered as the ablest British officer in India . Clive had been only a few months in the army ...
17. oldal
... distinguished them- selves greatly . Anaverdy Khan was defeated and slain . His son , Mahommed Ali , who was afterwards well known in England as the Nabob of Arcot , and who owes to the eloquence of Burke a most unenviable immortality ...
... distinguished them- selves greatly . Anaverdy Khan was defeated and slain . His son , Mahommed Ali , who was afterwards well known in England as the Nabob of Arcot , and who owes to the eloquence of Burke a most unenviable immortality ...
30. oldal
... distinguished talents in the kingdom , whatever his early connexions might have been , was in office , and called himself a Whig . But this extraordinary appearance of concord was quite delusive . The administration itself was dis ...
... distinguished talents in the kingdom , whatever his early connexions might have been , was in office , and called himself a Whig . But this extraordinary appearance of concord was quite delusive . The administration itself was dis ...
43. oldal
... distinguished officer to hasten to protect Bengal " against Clive , the daring in war , on whom , " says his Highness , " may all bad fortune attend . " He ordered his army to march against the English . He countermanded his orders . He ...
... distinguished officer to hasten to protect Bengal " against Clive , the daring in war , on whom , " says his Highness , " may all bad fortune attend . " He ordered his army to march against the English . He countermanded his orders . He ...
48. oldal
... distinguished offi- cers in Surajah Dowlah's service fell . Disorder began to spread through his ranks . His own terror increased every moment . One of the conspirators urged on him the expediency of retreating . The insidious advice ...
... distinguished offi- cers in Surajah Dowlah's service fell . Disorder began to spread through his ranks . His own terror increased every moment . One of the conspirators urged on him the expediency of retreating . The insidious advice ...
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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