Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, 4. kötetB. Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 oldal |
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4. oldal
... army , and compelled the shopkeepers to submit to a tribute of apples and half - pence , in considera- tion of which he guaranteed the security of their windows . He was sent from school to school , making very little pro- gress in his ...
... army , and compelled the shopkeepers to submit to a tribute of apples and half - pence , in considera- tion of which he guaranteed the security of their windows . He was sent from school to school , making very little pro- gress in his ...
10. oldal
... army when intel- ligence arrived that peace had been concluded between Great Britain and France . Dupleix was in consequence compelled to restore Madras to the English Company ; and the young ensign was at liberty to resume his former ...
... army when intel- ligence arrived that peace had been concluded between Great Britain and France . Dupleix was in consequence compelled to restore Madras to the English Company ; and the young ensign was at liberty to resume his former ...
17. oldal
... army to Trichinopoly ; and the con- querors 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 ...
... army to Trichinopoly ; and the con- querors 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 ...
21. oldal
... 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 walls were ruinous ...
... 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 walls were ruinous ...
22. oldal
... army was a rabble , and that he would do well to think twice before he sent such poltroons into a breach defended by English soldiers . Raja Sahib determined to storm the fort . The day was well suited to a bold military enterprise . It ...
... army was a rabble , and that he would do well to think twice before he sent such poltroons into a breach defended by English soldiers . Raja Sahib determined to storm the fort . The day was well suited to a bold military enterprise . It ...
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