Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, 3. kötetLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854 |
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65. oldal
... truth all Clive's views were directed towards the country in which he had so eminently distin- guished himself as a soldier and a statesman ; and it was by considerations relating to India that his con- duct as a public man in England ...
... truth all Clive's views were directed towards the country in which he had so eminently distin- guished himself as a soldier and a statesman ; and it was by considerations relating to India that his con- duct as a public man in England ...
75. oldal
... truth proconsuls , proprætors , procurators of ex- tensive regions . They had immense power . Their regular pay was universally admitted to be insufficient . They were , by the ancient usage of the service , and by the implied ...
... truth proconsuls , proprætors , procurators of ex- tensive regions . They had immense power . Their regular pay was universally admitted to be insufficient . They were , by the ancient usage of the service , and by the implied ...
76. oldal
... truth a reform neces- sary to the success of all his other reforms . He had quelled the opposition of the civil service : that of the army was more formidable . Some of the retrenchments which had been ordered by the Di- rectors ...
... truth a reform neces- sary to the success of all his other reforms . He had quelled the opposition of the civil service : that of the army was more formidable . Some of the retrenchments which had been ordered by the Di- rectors ...
80. oldal
... truth , that his last administration diminished instead of increasing his fortune . One large sum indeed he accepted . Meer Jaffier had left him by will above sixty thousand pounds sterling in specie and jewels : and the rules which had ...
... truth , that his last administration diminished instead of increasing his fortune . One large sum indeed he accepted . Meer Jaffier had left him by will above sixty thousand pounds sterling in specie and jewels : and the rules which had ...
81. oldal
... truth and merit , produced an extraordinary impression . The great events which had taken place in India had called into existence a new class of Englishmen , to whom their countrymen gave the name of Nabobs . These persons had ...
... truth and merit , produced an extraordinary impression . The great events which had taken place in India had called into existence a new class of Englishmen , to whom their countrymen gave the name of Nabobs . These persons had ...
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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