Warren HastingsCassell, 1886 - 191 pages |
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Page 9
... less astonishing than delightful : he writes as if he had lived in the times and among the people whose actions and characters he records and delineates . " Sidney Smith , who met him at Holland Hall , says of Macaulay , " There are no ...
... less astonishing than delightful : he writes as if he had lived in the times and among the people whose actions and characters he records and delineates . " Sidney Smith , who met him at Holland Hall , says of Macaulay , " There are no ...
Page 11
... . The lords of the manor of Daylesford , in Worces- tershire , claimed to be considered as the heads of this distinguished family . The main stock , indeed , 11 prospered less than some of the younger shoots . But WARREN HASTINGS. ...
... . The lords of the manor of Daylesford , in Worces- tershire , claimed to be considered as the heads of this distinguished family . The main stock , indeed , 11 prospered less than some of the younger shoots . But WARREN HASTINGS. ...
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. prospered less than some of the younger shoots . But the Daylesford family , though not ennobled , was wealthy and highly considered , till , about two hundred years ago , it was overwhelmed by ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. prospered less than some of the younger shoots . But the Daylesford family , though not ennobled , was wealthy and highly considered , till , about two hundred years ago , it was overwhelmed by ...
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... less real share than the youngest writer or cadet in the Company's service . The English council which represented the Com- pany at Calcutta was constituted on a very different plan from that which has since been adopted . At present ...
... less real share than the youngest writer or cadet in the Company's service . The English council which represented the Com- pany at Calcutta was constituted on a very different plan from that which has since been adopted . At present ...
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... less allies . But many voices were heard to exclaim , " We have had all the fighting , and those rogues are to have all the profit . " Then the horrors of Indian war were let loose on the fair valleys and cities of Rohilcund . The whole ...
... less allies . But many voices were heard to exclaim , " We have had all the fighting , and those rogues are to have all the profit . " Then the horrors of Indian war were let loose on the fair valleys and cities of Rohilcund . The whole ...
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