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... Great Moguls who ruled for over two hundred years in India . The empire was soon after broken up , and the way left clear for England to found her great Eastern Empire beyond the seas . 1747. ] EUROPEANS IN INDIA . 7 2. ROBERT CLIVE.
... Great Moguls who ruled for over two hundred years in India . The empire was soon after broken up , and the way left clear for England to found her great Eastern Empire beyond the seas . 1747. ] EUROPEANS IN INDIA . 7 2. ROBERT CLIVE.
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... soon raised him above his fellows , and he became a captain . He Clive was now twenty - five . He saw plainly that unless some daring blow were aimed at the French soon , Dupleix would carry all before him . suggested a sudden attack on ...
... soon raised him above his fellows , and he became a captain . He Clive was now twenty - five . He saw plainly that unless some daring blow were aimed at the French soon , Dupleix would carry all before him . suggested a sudden attack on ...
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... Soon 10,000 men had swarmed into the place , hemming in the garrison on every side . Days grew to weeks , and the ready resource of Clive alone saved the situation . The handful of men- European and native - caught the spirit of their ...
... Soon 10,000 men had swarmed into the place , hemming in the garrison on every side . Days grew to weeks , and the ready resource of Clive alone saved the situation . The handful of men- European and native - caught the spirit of their ...
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... soon awakened , and at his post in a moment . The French attacked in strong force . They had brought with them huge elephants , with great pieces of iron fixed on their foreheads , to try and break down the gates . The English fired on ...
... soon awakened , and at his post in a moment . The French attacked in strong force . They had brought with them huge elephants , with great pieces of iron fixed on their foreheads , to try and break down the gates . The English fired on ...
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... soon hurrying to the scene of action . Early in January he arrived at Calcutta , and soon the British flag was waving above the town . Meanwhile the Nawab was waiting for him at Plassey , some ninety - six miles to the north of Calcutta ...
... soon hurrying to the scene of action . Early in January he arrived at Calcutta , and soon the British flag was waving above the town . Meanwhile the Nawab was waiting for him at Plassey , some ninety - six miles to the north of Calcutta ...
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HOW PITT SAVED ENGLAND | 24 |
NAPOLEON EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH | 25 |
THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR | 26 |
HORATIO NELSON | 90 |
THE ADVENTURES OF MUNGO PARK | 94 |
THE TRAVELS OF BARON HUMBOLDT | 101 |
THE BEGINNING OF THE STRUGGLE | 107 |
THE BATTLE OF THE NILE | 112 |
174 | 156 |
THE DEFENCE OF SARAGOZA | 160 |
SIR JOHN MOORE AT CORUNA | 165 |
THE FALL OF QUEBEC | 27 |
A SECOND CHARLEMAGNE | 28 |
THE RISE OF WELLINGTON | 29 |
AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | 30 |
THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN COLONY | 31 |
THE GREAT LORD HAWKE | 34 |
THE BOSTON TEASHIPS | 39 |
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE | 44 |
CAPTAIN COOKS STORY | 50 |
JAMES BRUCE AND THE NILE | 55 |
THE TRIAL OF WARREN HASTINGS | 60 |
MARIE ANTOINETTE | 65 |
THE FALL OF THE BASTILE | 69 |
THE FLIGHT TO VARENNES | 75 |
A REIGN OF TERROR | 81 |
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE | 85 |
THE VICTORY OF TALAVERA | 170 |
THE PEASANT HERO OF THE TYROL | 174 |
THE EMPIRE AT ITS HEIGHT | 179 |
THE SHANNON AND THE CHESAPEAKE | 183 |
NAPOLEONS RETREAT FROM MOSCOW | 189 |
WELLINGTONS VICTORIES IN SPAIN | 195 |
SPAIN FOR THE SPANIARDS | 199 |
THE FALL OF THE EMPIRE | 203 |
STORY OF THE STEAMENGINE | 209 |
THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA | 214 |
THE EVE OF WATERLOO | 218 |
WATERLOO | 223 |
THE EXILE OF ST HELENA | 230 |
TEACHERS APPENDIX | 235 |
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Admiral Africa America army arrived attack Austria battle Blücher brave British broke Bruce Cape Captain Captain Cook chapter Clive coast colonies colonists command Conflans Cook Corsica cried danger darkness dauphin dead death declared Dupleix Dutch East Emperor empire enemy England English escape Europe famous fell fight fire flag fought France French empire French fleet governor guns harbour Hawke heart hero honour Horatio Nelson hour Humboldt India island king land Louis Louis XVI Marie Antoinette miles morning Mungo Park Napoleon nation native Nelson never Niger night Nile palace Paris passed peace Pitt Portugal Quebec queen Raja reached retreat returned river Robert Clive Russia sailed sailor sent slaves snow soldiers soon South Spain Spanish Stamp Act stood storm story struggle Texel throne Toulon Trafalgar triumph troops Tuileries Versailles victory Warren Hastings Wellesley Wellington wild wind Wolfe young
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Página 120 - Lay their bulwarks on the brine ; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime. As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene, And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. "Hearts of oak!
Página 170 - I hope the people of England will be satisfied!" "I hope my country will do me justice!
Página 25 - Resolved, That a committee, in conjunction with one from the Senate, be appointed to consider on the most suitable manner of paying honor to the memory of the man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his fellow-citizens.
Página 170 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Página 139 - Burke, moved even to tears, exclaimed, "It is not a chip of the old block; it is the old block itself.
Página 170 - We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him.
Página 42 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Página 59 - It is easier to guess than to describe the situation of my mind at that moment — standing in that spot which had baffled the genius, industry and inquiry of both ancients and moderns, for the course of near three thousand years.
Página 13 - The Sepoys came to Clive, not to complain of their scanty fare, but to propose that all the grain should be given to the Europeans, who required more nourishment than the natives of Asia. The thin gruel, they said, which was strained away from the rice would suffice for themselves. History contains no more touching instance of military fidelity or of the influence of a commanding mind.