Warren HastingsCassell, 1886 - 191 pages |
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... Governor - General of India , was born in 1732 , and died in 1818 . THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY , " the historian , the critic , the poet , the philosopher , " whose power- ful pen has in this essay produced and preserved 3 for the ages a ...
... Governor - General of India , was born in 1732 , and died in 1818 . THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY , " the historian , the critic , the poet , the philosopher , " whose power- ful pen has in this essay produced and preserved 3 for the ages a ...
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... governor of a company designed to develop free labor ; his mother , a Quakeress , from Bristol , Selena Mills , a pupil and friend of Hannah More , firm , wise , true , and tender . Thomas B. was a precocious child , saying and writing ...
... governor of a company designed to develop free labor ; his mother , a Quakeress , from Bristol , Selena Mills , a pupil and friend of Hannah More , firm , wise , true , and tender . Thomas B. was a precocious child , saying and writing ...
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... Governor - General only as the Hast- ings with whom he had rowed on the Thames and played in the cloister , and refused to believe that so good - tempered a fellow could have done anything very wrong . His own life had been spent in 14 ...
... Governor - General only as the Hast- ings with whom he had rowed on the Thames and played in the cloister , and refused to believe that so good - tempered a fellow could have done anything very wrong . His own life had been spent in 14 ...
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... governor and the commandant fled ; the town and citadel were taken , and most of the English prisoners perished in the Black Hole . In these events originated the greatness of Warren Hastings . The fugitive governor and his companions ...
... governor and the commandant fled ; the town and citadel were taken , and most of the English prisoners perished in the Black Hole . In these events originated the greatness of Warren Hastings . The fugitive governor and his companions ...
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... Governor , was at the head of a new and anomalous empire . On one side was a band of English functionaries , daring , intelli- gent , eager to be rich . On the other side was a great native population , helpless , timid , accustomed to ...
... Governor , was at the head of a new and anomalous empire . On one side was a band of English functionaries , daring , intelli- gent , eager to be rich . On the other side was a great native population , helpless , timid , accustomed to ...
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