Romantic Reassessment, Volumes 106-107Institut für Englische Sprache und Literatur, Universität Salzburg., 1982 |
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Page 146
... India , other than making " a sudden fortune " . Burke is supported on this point by contemporaneous accounts of the 17 luxury and splendour of the British " nabobs " in India . The Company's rule in India was " inglorious " , and the ...
... India , other than making " a sudden fortune " . Burke is supported on this point by contemporaneous accounts of the 17 luxury and splendour of the British " nabobs " in India . The Company's rule in India was " inglorious " , and the ...
Page 151
... India written by those who had been to the country . His knowledge of India and the accuracy of that knowledge are attested by the fact that he once corrected Johnson on a point of fact regarding India . He himself referred , during his ...
... India written by those who had been to the country . His knowledge of India and the accuracy of that knowledge are attested by the fact that he once corrected Johnson on a point of fact regarding India . He himself referred , during his ...
Page 161
... India unravaged by British arbitrary power , undisturbed by the East India Company , a growth of centuries , and a perfect model of a culture based on evolution through ages . This India is what Burke is at pains to present to the ...
... India unravaged by British arbitrary power , undisturbed by the East India Company , a growth of centuries , and a perfect model of a culture based on evolution through ages . This India is what Burke is at pains to present to the ...
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