Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, 4. kötetB. Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 oldal |
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7. oldal
... spirits . His duties were of a kind ill suited to his ardent and daring char- acter . He pined for his home , and in ... spirit . He behaved to his official superiors as he had behaved to his schoolmasters , and was several times LORD ...
... spirits . His duties were of a kind ill suited to his ardent and daring char- acter . He pined for his home , and in ... spirit . He behaved to his official superiors as he had behaved to his schoolmasters , and was several times LORD ...
9. oldal
... spirit than the business of examining packages and casting accounts . He solicited and obtained an ensign's com- mission in the service of the Company , and at twenty - one entered on his military career . His personal courage , of ...
... spirit than the business of examining packages and casting accounts . He solicited and obtained an ensign's com- mission in the service of the Company , and at twenty - one entered on his military career . His personal courage , of ...
22. oldal
... spirit to help themselves . Rajah Sahib learned that the Mahrattas were in motion . It was necessary for him to be ex- peditious . He first tried negotiation . He offered large bribes to Clive , which were rejected with scorn . He vowed ...
... spirit to help themselves . Rajah Sahib learned that the Mahrattas were in motion . It was necessary for him to be ex- peditious . He first tried negotiation . He offered large bribes to Clive , which were rejected with scorn . He vowed ...
27. oldal
... spirit of Dupleix , however , was unconquerable , and his resources inexhaustible . From his employers in Europe he no longer received help or coun- tenance . They condemned his policy . They gave him no pecuniary assistance . They sent ...
... spirit of Dupleix , however , was unconquerable , and his resources inexhaustible . From his employers in Europe he no longer received help or coun- tenance . They condemned his policy . They gave him no pecuniary assistance . They sent ...
35. oldal
... spirits , which inflamed his weak brain almost to mad- His chosen companions were flatterers , sprung from the dregs of the people , and recommended by nothing but buffoonery and servility . It is said that he had arrived at that last ...
... spirits , which inflamed his weak brain almost to mad- His chosen companions were flatterers , sprung from the dregs of the people , and recommended by nothing but buffoonery and servility . It is said that he had arrived at that last ...
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