Warren HastingsCassell, 1886 - 191 pages |
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Page 5
... believe Macaulay to be in- corruptible . You might lay ribbons , stars , garters , wealth , title , before him in vain . He has an honest , genuine love of his country ; and the world could not bribe him to neglect her interests ...
... believe Macaulay to be in- corruptible . You might lay ribbons , stars , garters , wealth , title , before him in vain . He has an honest , genuine love of his country ; and the world could not bribe him to neglect her interests ...
Page 14
... 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 WARREN HASTINGS .
... 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 WARREN HASTINGS .
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... - ral , broke loose from all restraint ; and then was seen what we believe to be the most frightful of all spectacles , the strength of civilization without its mercy . To all other despotism there is a check WARREN HASTINGS . 19.
... - ral , broke loose from all restraint ; and then was seen what we believe to be the most frightful of all spectacles , the strength of civilization without its mercy . To all other despotism there is a check WARREN HASTINGS . 19.
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... believe , in the history of man- kind , is in one respect advantageous to his reputa- tion . It brought many lamentable blemishes to light ; but it entitles him to be considered pure from every blemish which has not been brought to ...
... believe , in the history of man- kind , is in one respect advantageous to his reputa- tion . It brought many lamentable blemishes to light ; but it entitles him to be considered pure from every blemish which has not been brought to ...
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... believe that , at a period anterior to the dawn of regular history , the people who spoke the rich and flexible Sanscrit came from regions lying far beyond the Hyphasis and the Hystaspes , and imposed their yoke on the children of the ...
... believe that , at a period anterior to the dawn of regular history , the people who spoke the rich and flexible Sanscrit came from regions lying far beyond the Hyphasis and the Hystaspes , and imposed their yoke on the children of the ...
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