Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, 4. kötetB. Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 oldal |
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1. oldal
... thought it strange that , while the history of the Spanish empire in America is familiarly known to all the nations of Europe , the great actions of our countrymen in the East should , even among ourselves , excite little interest ...
... thought it strange that , while the history of the Spanish empire in America is familiarly known to all the nations of Europe , the great actions of our countrymen in the East should , even among ourselves , excite little interest ...
9. oldal
... thought that this gross violation of public faith absolved the inhabi- tants of Madras from the engagements into which they had entered with Labourdonnais . Clive fled from the town by night in the disguise of a Mussulman , and took ...
... thought that this gross violation of public faith absolved the inhabi- tants of Madras from the engagements into which they had entered with Labourdonnais . Clive fled from the town by night in the disguise of a Mussulman , and took ...
14. oldal
... thought necessary to fortify Calcutta against the horsemen of Berar ; and the name of the Mahratta ditch still preserves the memory of the danger . Wherever the viceroys of the Mogul retained authority they became sovereigns . They ...
... thought necessary to fortify Calcutta against the horsemen of Berar ; and the name of the Mahratta ditch still preserves the memory of the danger . Wherever the viceroys of the Mogul retained authority they became sovereigns . They ...
32. oldal
... thought desirable to send an able commander to the Company's settle- ments in India . The Directors appointed Clive governor of Fort St. David . The King gave him the commission of a lieutenant - colonel in the British army , and in ...
... thought desirable to send an able commander to the Company's settle- ments in India . The Directors appointed Clive governor of Fort St. David . The King gave him the commission of a lieutenant - colonel in the British army , and in ...
36. oldal
... thought that he could not do better than follow so good an example . The fort was taken after a feeble resistance ; and great numbers of the English fell into the hands of the conquerors . The Nabob seated himself with regal pomp in the ...
... thought that he could not do better than follow so good an example . The fort was taken after a feeble resistance ; and great numbers of the English fell into the hands of the conquerors . The Nabob seated himself with regal pomp in the ...
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