Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, 3. kötetLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854 |
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40. oldal
... French , became impatient for the return of the armament . The promises of the Nabob were large , the chances of a contest doubtful ; and Clive consented to treat , though he expressed his regret that things should not be concluded in ...
... French , became impatient for the return of the armament . The promises of the Nabob were large , the chances of a contest doubtful ; and Clive consented to treat , though he expressed his regret that things should not be concluded in ...
43. oldal
... French authorities at Chander- nagore . He invited Bussy to march from the Deccan to the Hoogley , and to drive the ... French rivals . The French were now vanquished ; and he began to regard the English with still greater fear and still ...
... French authorities at Chander- nagore . He invited Bussy to march from the Deccan to the Hoogley , and to drive the ... French rivals . The French were now vanquished ; and he began to regard the English with still greater fear and still ...
48. oldal
... French auxiliaries , were perhaps more formidable . The cavalry were fifteen thousand , drawn , not from the effeminate population of Bengal , but from the bolder race which inhabits the northern provinces ; and the practised eye of ...
... French auxiliaries , were perhaps more formidable . The cavalry were fifteen thousand , drawn , not from the effeminate population of Bengal , but from the bolder race which inhabits the northern provinces ; and the practised eye of ...
58. oldal
... French still had the ascendency ; and it was important to dislodge them . The conduct of the enterprise was entrusted to an officer of the name of Forde , who was then little known , but in whom the keen eye of the Governor had detected ...
... French still had the ascendency ; and it was important to dislodge them . The conduct of the enterprise was entrusted to an officer of the name of Forde , who was then little known , but in whom the keen eye of the Governor had detected ...
60. oldal
... French adventurers who were about the person of the prince advised him to try the chance of battle ; but in vain . In a few days this great army , which had been regarded with so much uneasiness by the court of Moorshedabad , melted ...
... French adventurers who were about the person of the prince advised him to try the chance of battle ; but in vain . In a few days this great army , which had been regarded with so much uneasiness by the court of Moorshedabad , melted ...
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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