Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, 3. kötetLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854 |
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24. oldal
... soon quelled the courage even of fanaticism and of intoxication . The rear ranks of the English kept the front ranks supplied with a constant suc- cession of loaded muskets , and every shot told on the living mass below . After three ...
... soon quelled the courage even of fanaticism and of intoxication . The rear ranks of the English kept the front ranks supplied with a constant suc- cession of loaded muskets , and every shot told on the living mass below . After three ...
32. oldal
... soon hunted him . to his grave . But many signs indicated that a war between France and Great Britain was at hand ; and it was therefore thought desirable to send an able commander to the Company's settlements in India . The Directors ...
... soon hunted him . to his grave . But many signs indicated that a war between France and Great Britain was at hand ; and it was therefore thought desirable to send an able commander to the Company's settlements in India . The Directors ...
33. oldal
... soon fell , and a booty of a hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling was divided among the conquerors . After this exploit , Clive proceeded to his govern- ment of Fort St. David . Before he had been there two months , he received ...
... soon fell , and a booty of a hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling was divided among the conquerors . After this exploit , Clive proceeded to his govern- ment of Fort St. David . Before he had been there two months , he received ...
37. oldal
... soon discovered their mistake . They expostulated ; they entreated ; but in vain . The guards threatened to cut down all who hesitated . The captives were driven into the cell at the point of the sword , and the door was instantly shut ...
... soon discovered their mistake . They expostulated ; they entreated ; but in vain . The guards threatened to cut down all who hesitated . The captives were driven into the cell at the point of the sword , and the door was instantly shut ...
44. oldal
... long remain entirely concealed . Enough reached the ears of the Nabob to arouse his suspicions . But he was soon quieted by the fictions and artifices which the inventive genius of Omichund produced with 44 LORD CLIVE .
... long remain entirely concealed . Enough reached the ears of the Nabob to arouse his suspicions . But he was soon quieted by the fictions and artifices which the inventive genius of Omichund produced with 44 LORD CLIVE .
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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