Warren HastingsCassell, 1886 - 191 pages |
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Page 12
... length utterly ruined . His eldest son , Howard , a well - conducted young man , obtained a place in the Customs . The second son , Pynaston , an idle worthless boy , mar- ried before he was sixteen , lost his wife in two years , and ...
... length utterly ruined . His eldest son , Howard , a well - conducted young man , obtained a place in the Customs . The second son , Pynaston , an idle worthless boy , mar- ried before he was sixteen , lost his wife in two years , and ...
Page 14
... length closed for- ever , it was to Daylesford that he retired to die . When he was eight years old , his uncle Howard determined to take charge of him , and to give him a liberal education . The boy went up to London , and was sent to ...
... length closed for- ever , it was to Daylesford that he retired to die . When he was eight years old , his uncle Howard determined to take charge of him , and to give him a liberal education . The boy went up to London , and was sent to ...
Page 63
... length . At last a verdict of guilty was returned , and the Chief Justice pronounced sentence of death on the prisoner . That Impey ought to have respited Nuncomar we hold to be perfectly clear . Whether the whole proceeding was not ...
... length . At last a verdict of guilty was returned , and the Chief Justice pronounced sentence of death on the prisoner . That Impey ought to have respited Nuncomar we hold to be perfectly clear . Whether the whole proceeding was not ...
Page 66
... length the mournful procession came through the crowd . Nuncomar sat up in his palanquin , and looked round him with unaltered serenity . He had just parted from those who were most nearly con- nected with him . Their cries and ...
... length the mournful procession came through the crowd . Nuncomar sat up in his palanquin , and looked round him with unaltered serenity . He had just parted from those who were most nearly con- nected with him . Their cries and ...
Page 76
... length brought his vanquished rival in triumph to the gay circle which surrounded the bride . The exertion was too much for a frame broken by mortification as well as by disease . Clavering died a few days later . Wheler , who came out ...
... length brought his vanquished rival in triumph to the gay circle which surrounded the bride . The exertion was too much for a frame broken by mortification as well as by disease . Clavering died a few days later . Wheler , who came out ...
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