Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, 3. kötetLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854 |
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52. oldal
... whole been a gainer by a breach of public faith . The entire history of British India is an illustration of the great truth , that it is not prudent to oppose perfidy to perfidy , and that the most efficient weapon with which men can ...
... whole been a gainer by a breach of public faith . The entire history of British India is an illustration of the great truth , that it is not prudent to oppose perfidy to perfidy , and that the most efficient weapon with which men can ...
60. oldal
... whole army which was approaching consisted of only four hundred and fifty Europeans , and two thousand five hundred sepoys . But Clive and his Englishmen were now objects of dread over all the East . As soon as his advanced guard ap ...
... whole army which was approaching consisted of only four hundred and fifty Europeans , and two thousand five hundred sepoys . But Clive and his Englishmen were now objects of dread over all the East . As soon as his advanced guard ap ...
63. oldal
... five thousand pounds . Besides a great mass of ready money , he had his Indian estate , valued by himself at twenty - seven thousand a year . His whole annual income , in the opinion of Sir John Malcolm LORD CLIVE . 63.
... five thousand pounds . Besides a great mass of ready money , he had his Indian estate , valued by himself at twenty - seven thousand a year . His whole annual income , in the opinion of Sir John Malcolm LORD CLIVE . 63.
64. oldal
... whole sum which Clive expended in this manner may be calculated at fifty thousand pounds . He now set himself to cultivate parliamentary interest . His purchases of land seem to have been made in a great measure with that view , and ...
... whole sum which Clive expended in this manner may be calculated at fifty thousand pounds . He now set himself to cultivate parliamentary interest . His purchases of land seem to have been made in a great measure with that view , and ...
67. oldal
... whole body of Directors was then chosen annually . At the election of 1763 , Clive attempted to break down the power of the dominant faction . The contest was carried on with a violence which he describes as tremendous . Sulivan was vic ...
... whole body of Directors was then chosen annually . At the election of 1763 , Clive attempted to break down the power of the dominant faction . The contest was carried on with a violence which he describes as tremendous . Sulivan was vic ...
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