Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, 3. kötetLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854 |
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25. oldal
... French troops , appeared almost under the guns of Fort St. George and laid waste the villas and gardens of the gentlemen of the English settlement . But he was again encountered and defeated by Clive . More than a hundred of the French ...
... French troops , appeared almost under the guns of Fort St. George and laid waste the villas and gardens of the gentlemen of the English settlement . But he was again encountered and defeated by Clive . More than a hundred of the French ...
26. oldal
... French had no commander to oppose to the two friends . Dupleix , not inferior in talents for negotiation and intrigue to any European who has borne a part in the revolutions of India , was ill qualified to direct in person military ...
... French had no commander to oppose to the two friends . Dupleix , not inferior in talents for negotiation and intrigue to any European who has borne a part in the revolutions of India , was ill qualified to direct in person military ...
28. oldal
... French garrisons . It was determined to send a force against them . But the only force available for this purpose was of such a description that no officer but Clive would risk his reputation by commanding it . It consisted of five ...
... French garrisons . It was determined to send a force against them . But the only force available for this purpose was of such a description that no officer but Clive would risk his reputation by commanding it . It consisted of five ...
29. oldal
... French were in arms against each other . The vast schemes of Dupleix had excited no small uneasiness in the city of London ; and the rapid turn of fortune , which was chiefly owing to the courage and talents of Clive , had been hailed ...
... French were in arms against each other . The vast schemes of Dupleix had excited no small uneasiness in the city of London ; and the rapid turn of fortune , which was chiefly owing to the courage and talents of Clive , had been hailed ...
34. oldal
... French were settled , as they still are , at Chandernagore on the Hoogley . Higher up the stream the Dutch traders held Chinsurah . Nearer to the sea , the English had built Fort William . A church and ample warehouses rose in the ...
... French were settled , as they still are , at Chandernagore on the Hoogley . Higher up the stream the Dutch traders held Chinsurah . Nearer to the sea , the English had built Fort William . A church and ample warehouses rose in the ...
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Addison admiration appeared army authority began Benares Bengal British Burke Bute Calcutta called Catholic character Chatham chief Church Clive Company Congreve Council Country Wife court Daylesford Dowlah Duke Dupleix eloquence eminent empire enemies England English Europe fame favour favourite feeling fortune France Frances Burney French friends genius George George Grenville Governor Governor-General Grenville hand Hastings honour house of Bourbon House of Commons hundred impeachment India justice King lady letters literary lived London Lord Lord Holland Lord Rockingham Madame D'Arblay Mahrattas manner Meer Jaffier ment mind ministers Miss Burney morality Nabob native nature never Nuncomar Omichund Oude Parliament party passed person Pitt poet political Pope Price One Shilling princes Protestantism Rockingham Rohilla Rome scarcely seemed sent servants soon spirit strong talents thing thought thousand pounds tion took Tories truth vote Whig whole write Wycherley