Warren HastingsCassell, 1886 - 191 pages |
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... hand . I deter- mined to be Baron Macaulay of Rothley . I was born there ; I lived much there ; I am named from the family which long had the manor ; my uncle was rector there ; nobody can complain from my taking a designation from a ...
... hand . I deter- mined to be Baron Macaulay of Rothley . I was born there ; I lived much there ; I am named from the family which long had the manor ; my uncle was rector there ; nobody can complain from my taking a designation from a ...
Page 13
... hands of strangers , filled his young brain with wild fancies and projects . He loved to hear stories of the wealth and greatness of his progenitors , of their splendid housekeeping , their loyalty , and their valor . On one bright ...
... hands of strangers , filled his young brain with wild fancies and projects . He loved to hear stories of the wealth and greatness of his progenitors , of their splendid housekeeping , their loyalty , and their valor . On one bright ...
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... hand , and even sat up in his cabin while he slept . Long before the Duke of Grafton reached Madras , Hastings was in love . But his love was of a most characteristic description . Like his hatred , like his ambition WARREN HASTINGS . 25.
... hand , and even sat up in his cabin while he slept . Long before the Duke of Grafton reached Madras , Hastings was in love . But his love was of a most characteristic description . Like his hatred , like his ambition WARREN HASTINGS . 25.
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... hands , and was , to a great extent , at his disposal . The collection of the revenue , the admin- istration of justice , the maintenance of order , were left to this high functionary ; and for the exercise of his immense power he was ...
... hands , and was , to a great extent , at his disposal . The collection of the revenue , the admin- istration of justice , the maintenance of order , were left to this high functionary ; and for the exercise of his immense power he was ...
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... hand , he could not bring himself to confer immense power on a man to whom every sort of villany had repeatedly been brought home . There- fore , though the Nabob , over whom Nuncomar had by intrigue acquired great influence , begged ...
... hand , he could not bring himself to confer immense power on a man to whom every sort of villany had repeatedly been brought home . There- fore , though the Nabob , over whom Nuncomar had by intrigue acquired great influence , begged ...
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