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Title: The Life of Robert, Lord Clive, Vol. I (of 3) Collected from the Family Papers Communicated by the Earl Of Powis
Release Date: November 1, 2016 [eBook #53424]
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[Illustration: Engraved by Edwards, from a Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. ROBERT LORD CLIVE. London. Published by John Murray. 1836.]
Collected from the Family Papers Communicated by the Earl Of Powis.
MAJOR-GENERAL SIR JOHN MALCOLM, G.C.B. F.R.S. &c.
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. MDCCCXXXVI.
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF POWIS, &c. &c. &c.
This Life of your illustrious Father is dedicated to your Lordship, in the conviction that, had the Author been spared to complete this, his last and favourite work, he would have thus endeavoured to testify his gratitude for your unvaried kindness, and his affectionate esteem for your public and private character.