Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, 3. kötet |
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1. oldal
... who took a harquebusier for a sorcerer , able to scatter the thunder and
lightning of the skies . The people of India , when we subdued them , were ten
times as VOL . III . B numerous as the Americans whom the Spaniards
vanquished , and.
... who took a harquebusier for a sorcerer , able to scatter the thunder and
lightning of the skies . The people of India , when we subdued them , were ten
times as VOL . III . B numerous as the Americans whom the Spaniards
vanquished , and.
8. oldal
The house of Bourbon took the opposite side . Though England was even then
the first of maritime powers , she was not , as she has since become , more than a
match on the sea for all the nations of the world together ; and she found it ...
The house of Bourbon took the opposite side . Though England was even then
the first of maritime powers , she was not , as she has since become , more than a
match on the sea for all the nations of the world together ; and she found it ...
9. oldal
Clive fled from the town by night in the disguise of a Mussulman , and took refuge
at Fort St. David , one of the small English settlements subordinate to Madras .
The circumstances in which he was now placed naturally led him to adopt a ...
Clive fled from the town by night in the disguise of a Mussulman , and took refuge
at Fort St. David , one of the small English settlements subordinate to Madras .
The circumstances in which he was now placed naturally led him to adopt a ...
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state of utter uncertainty ; and the Europeans who took part in the disputes of the
natives confounded the confusion , by applying to Asiatic politics the public law of
the West and analogies drawn from the feudal system . If it was convenient to ...
state of utter uncertainty ; and the Europeans who took part in the disputes of the
natives confounded the confusion , by applying to Asiatic politics the public law of
the West and analogies drawn from the feudal system . If it was convenient to ...
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Dupleix , dressed in the garb worn by Mahommedans of the highest rank ,
entered the town in the same palanquin with the Nizam , and , in the pageant
which followed , took precedence of all the court . He was declared Governor of
India from ...
Dupleix , dressed in the garb worn by Mahommedans of the highest rank ,
entered the town in the same palanquin with the Nizam , and , in the pageant
which followed , took precedence of all the court . He was declared Governor of
India from ...
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