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Page 12
... possessed , during the inglorious period of our dominion , by any thing better than the ouran - out- ang or the tiger . " There is nothing in the boys we send to India worse than in the boys whom we are whipping at school , or that we ...
... possessed , during the inglorious period of our dominion , by any thing better than the ouran - out- ang or the tiger . " There is nothing in the boys we send to India worse than in the boys whom we are whipping at school , or that we ...
Page 15
... possess them- selves , under the name of creditors and assignees , of every country in India , as fast as it should be conquer- ed , inspired into the mind of the nabob of Arcot , ( then a dependant on the Company of the humblest order ...
... possess them- selves , under the name of creditors and assignees , of every country in India , as fast as it should be conquer- ed , inspired into the mind of the nabob of Arcot , ( then a dependant on the Company of the humblest order ...
Page 16
... possessed the western , as the Com- pany , under the name of the nabob of Arcot , does the eastern division of the Carnatic . It was among the leading measures in the design of this cabal ( according to their own emphatic language ) to ...
... possessed the western , as the Com- pany , under the name of the nabob of Arcot , does the eastern division of the Carnatic . It was among the leading measures in the design of this cabal ( according to their own emphatic language ) to ...
Page 17
... possessed by these incor- rigible and predestinated criminals a memorable ex- ample to mankind . He resolved , in the gloomy recesses of a mind capacious of such things , to leave the whole Carnatic an everlasting monument of vengeance ...
... possessed by these incor- rigible and predestinated criminals a memorable ex- ample to mankind . He resolved , in the gloomy recesses of a mind capacious of such things , to leave the whole Carnatic an everlasting monument of vengeance ...
Page 47
... is wreathed with the silver crown Of clear content : this , Lucio , is a king , And of this empire , every man's possess'd , That's worth his soul . " " The description of Antonio's visit to the vaults in DRAMATIC POETRY . 47.
... is wreathed with the silver crown Of clear content : this , Lucio , is a king , And of this empire , every man's possess'd , That's worth his soul . " " The description of Antonio's visit to the vaults in DRAMATIC POETRY . 47.
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