10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NABOBISM»
Discover the use of
nabobism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
nabobism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Neutrosophic Interpretation of Tao Te Ching (道德经的中智学解读和扩充 ...
First are the people who want to act on the heavy responsibility, and the second
are the people who want to enjoy the nabobism. Commentary on Negative
Chapter 29 In the Chinese ancient times, there were innumerable people who
risked ...
Florentin Smarandache & Fu Yuhua,
2011
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The Anti-Jacobin Novel: British Conservatism and the French ...
In fact, nabobism was the primary characteristic ofa whole mesh ofintertwined
groups appearing in novels as challenges to proper hierarchy. A boarding-school
education, for example, came under repeated attack in novels for providing
young ...
3
Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism
However, the period of unbridled Nabobism, during which individual company
men made their fortunes while those of the company declined, finally prompted
Parliament to intervene in the company's affairs. Lord Cornwallis was sent to
India ...
James Stuart Olson, Robert Shadle,
1991
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Nineteenth Century Indian English Prose: A Selection
... a great motivation. It was Nabobism which allowed miscegenation and the
founding of a Eurasian community. It was Nabobism which enabled the great
monument of Introduction 5 Orientalism — the Asiatic Society founded in 1 4
Introduction.
Such ls “nabobism” in the north—but what is the “nabobism” of South Carolina?
There, as i am informed, the traVcllel' is warned of his approach to the domain of
a great cotton planter by the desolation anti gloom that more closely surrounds ...
... with the universal practice of farming the public revenues, could not but
constitute an aristocracy of riches, to which the most splendid fortunes made in
our great days of Indian nabobism were, in comparison with the general wealth,
poor and ...
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Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal
E—13 sage, taken from an earlier part of the work, will throw some light upon this
dubious matter :-—' My ambition (he writes in 1807) is not for Nabobism—
anywhere better than the East Indies. Yet my conscience is very pliable ; and if it
were ...
8
The Life and Opinions of General Sir Charles James Napier ...
There is a vacancy in the 78th, and it would please me to be in Sicily, and in a
Scotch regiment; but their first battalion is in the East Indies and my ambition is
not for nabobism: anywhere better than the East. The distance and the service
are ...
William Francis Patrick Napier,
1857
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Hartly House, Calcutta. [A novel.]
my hand, without the concurrence of my heart, was delivered up to him, and
heliad conductedme to my seat, before .I was sensible of my breach of resolution
respecting him. In short, my sweet friend, if nabobism was not the lhumbling-
black of ...
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The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal
But, perhaps, the following passage, taken from an earlier part of the work, will
throw some light upon this dubious matter : — ' My ambition (he writes in 1807) is
not for Nabobism — anywhere better than the East Indies. Yet my conscience is ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NABOBISM»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
nabobism is used in the context of the following news items.
Why Are Democrats Sliming Rand Paul?
Relying on repurposed jingoism, it essentially accused Paul of the crime of nattering nabobism. Paul "blames America for the problems in the ... «Bloomberg View, Aug 14»
EJ Dionne: The right response to 'no' on immigration
President Obama should see nattering negative nabobism as an invitation: Immigration reform now has to be dealt with as part of a concerted ... «Washington Post, Jul 13»
In which a great work is finally completed: Isaac Asimov's Forward …
The parallels are too clear for it not to be, and the irony too great: Imagine if Lewis Pirenne knew that precisely his brand of nattering nabobism ... «io9, May 11»