The Quarterly Review, Volume 232William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1919 |
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Page 48
... Mir Kasim the whole power of the Nawab , leaving to Mir Jaffar the name only . The maintenance of the English troops was to be assured by the grant of certain districts which were to be entirely under English management ; and the ...
... Mir Kasim the whole power of the Nawab , leaving to Mir Jaffar the name only . The maintenance of the English troops was to be assured by the grant of certain districts which were to be entirely under English management ; and the ...
Page 49
... Mir Kasim's generosity was swifter than to any one else . There is no other explanation of the change in his views ... Mir Kasim to be the Nawab's deputy , knowing full well that Mir Jaffar could not possibly agree to the appointment ...
... Mir Kasim's generosity was swifter than to any one else . There is no other explanation of the change in his views ... Mir Kasim to be the Nawab's deputy , knowing full well that Mir Jaffar could not possibly agree to the appointment ...
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... Mir Kasim began to obstruct in December 1761 , and to complain of in the following May . A careful examina- tion of the facts shows that this matter was not quite as it is usually represented . The old farmans , under which the English ...
... Mir Kasim began to obstruct in December 1761 , and to complain of in the following May . A careful examina- tion of the facts shows that this matter was not quite as it is usually represented . The old farmans , under which the English ...
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... Mir Kasim was ignorant of this practice . Yet he now affected to regard it as a grievous innovation made by personal enemies resolved upon his overthrow . In short , by the beginning of 1763 , it was plain , to all but the optimistic ...
... Mir Kasim was ignorant of this practice . Yet he now affected to regard it as a grievous innovation made by personal enemies resolved upon his overthrow . In short , by the beginning of 1763 , it was plain , to all but the optimistic ...
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... Mir Kasim's government . Before flying to Oudh he gave a shocking proof of the ferocity of his disappointed ambition ; for he caused his English prisoners to be massacred at Patna . But the guilt does not lie upon him only . Some rests ...
... Mir Kasim's government . Before flying to Oudh he gave a shocking proof of the ferocity of his disappointed ambition ; for he caused his English prisoners to be massacred at Patna . But the guilt does not lie upon him only . Some rests ...
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Page 199 - Captain, if you look in the maps of the orld, I warrant you sail find, in the comparisons between Macedon and Monmouth, that the situations, look you, is both alike. There is a river in Macedon, and there is also moreover a river at Monmouth.
Page 147 - They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
Page 261 - And whereas conditions of labour exist involving such injustice, hardship and privation to large numbers of people as to produce unrest so great that the peace and harmony of the world are imperilled; and an improvement of those conditions is urgently required...
Page 205 - Two Voices are there ; one is of the Sea, One of the Mountains ; each a mighty Voice : In both from age to age Thou didst rejoice, They were thy chosen Music, Liberty...
Page 147 - WITH proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the free. Solemn the drums thrill : Death august and royal Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres. There is music in the midst of desolation And a glory that shines upon our tears.
Page 307 - She did not blame Lady Russell, she did not blame herself for having been guided by her; but she felt that were any young person, in similar circumstances, to apply to her for counsel, they would never receive any of such certain immediate wretchedness, such uncertain future good.
Page 245 - Nothing in this Covenant shall be deemed to affect the validity of international engagements, such as treaties of arbitration or regional understandings like the Monroe doctrine, for securing the maintenance of peace.
Page 261 - Whereas the League of Nations has for its object the establishment of universal peace, and such a peace can be established only if it is based upon social justice...
Page 308 - I saw that my own feelings had prepared my sufferings and that my want of fortitude under them had almost led me to the grave.
Page 309 - She grew absolutely ashamed of herself. Of neither Darcy nor Wickham could she think without feeling that she had been blind, partial, prejudiced, absurd.