Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, 3. kötetLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854 |
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22. oldal
... army was a rabble , and that he would do well to think twice before he sent such poltroons into a breach defended by English soldiers . Rajah Sahib determined to storm the fort . The day was well suited to a bold military enterprise ...
... army was a rabble , and that he would do well to think twice before he sent such poltroons into a breach defended by English soldiers . Rajah Sahib determined to storm the fort . The day was well suited to a bold military enterprise ...
24. oldal
... army , and hastened , by forced marches , to attack Rajah Sahib , who was at the head of about five thousand men , of whom three hundred were French . The action was sharp ; but Clive gained a complete victory . The military chest of ...
... army , and hastened , by forced marches , to attack Rajah Sahib , who was at the head of about five thousand men , of whom three hundred were French . The action was sharp ; but Clive gained a complete victory . The military chest of ...
25. oldal
... army , in which were four hundred 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 ...
... army , in which were four hundred 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 ...
26. oldal
... army like an experienced officer and a brave soldier , with a prudence that certainly warranted success . " The French had no commander to oppose to the two friends . Dupleix , not inferior in talents for negotiation and intrigue to any ...
... army like an experienced officer and a brave soldier , with a prudence that certainly warranted success . " The French had no commander to oppose to the two friends . Dupleix , not inferior in talents for negotiation and intrigue to any ...
28. oldal
... army of this undisciplined rabble , and marched with them to Covelong . A shot from the fort killed one of these extraordinary soldiers ; on which all the rest faced about and ran away , and it was with the greatest difficulty that ...
... army of this undisciplined rabble , and marched with them to Covelong . A shot from the fort killed one of these extraordinary soldiers ; on which all the rest faced about and ran away , and it was with the greatest difficulty that ...
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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