Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, 3. kötet |
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3. oldal
The effect of the book , even when we make the largest allowance for the
partiality of those who have furnished and of those who have digested the
materials , is , on the whole , greatly to raise the character of Lord Clive . We are
far indeed ...
The effect of the book , even when we make the largest allowance for the
partiality of those who have furnished and of those who have digested the
materials , is , on the whole , greatly to raise the character of Lord Clive . We are
far indeed ...
11. oldal
In spite , however , of much constant maladministration , in spite of occasional
convulsions which shook the whole frame of society , this great monarchy , on the
whole , retained , during some generations , an outward appearance of unity ...
In spite , however , of much constant maladministration , in spite of occasional
convulsions which shook the whole frame of society , this great monarchy , on the
whole , retained , during some generations , an outward appearance of unity ...
12. oldal
While the great body , as a whole , was torpid and passive , every separate
member began to feel with a sense , and to move with an energy all its own . Just
here , in the most barren and dreary tract of European history , all feudal
privileges ...
While the great body , as a whole , was torpid and passive , every separate
member began to feel with a sense , and to move with an energy all its own . Just
here , in the most barren and dreary tract of European history , all feudal
privileges ...
20. oldal
his superiors that , unless some vigorous effort were made , Trichinopoly would
fall , the house of Anaverdy Khan would perish , and the French would become
the real masters of the whole peninsula of India . It was absolutely necessary to ...
his superiors that , unless some vigorous effort were made , Trichinopoly would
fall , the house of Anaverdy Khan would perish , and the French would become
the real masters of the whole peninsula of India . It was absolutely necessary to ...
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The whole of this army , amounting to about ten thousand men , was under the
command of Rajah Sahib , son of Chunda Sahib . Rajah Sahib proceeded to
invest the fort of Arcot , which seemed quite incapable of sustaining a siege .
The whole of this army , amounting to about ten thousand men , was under the
command of Rajah Sahib , son of Chunda Sahib . Rajah Sahib proceeded to
invest the fort of Arcot , which seemed quite incapable of sustaining a siege .
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