Warren HastingsCassell, 1886 - 191 pages |
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... ment , the other in the broader and more enduring realm of literature ; men of rarest ability , worthy of comparison with each other as to degree of natural endowment , and , in the comparison , each reflecting honor upon the other ...
... ment , the other in the broader and more enduring realm of literature ; men of rarest ability , worthy of comparison with each other as to degree of natural endowment , and , in the comparison , each reflecting honor upon the other ...
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... ment . Mr. Vansittart , the 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 ...
... ment . Mr. Vansittart , the 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 ...
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... ment and society . Perhaps , like most persons who have paid much attention to departments of knowl- edge which lie out of the common track , he was inclined to overrate the value of his favorite studies . He conceived that the ...
... ment and society . Perhaps , like most persons who have paid much attention to departments of knowl- edge which lie out of the common track , he was inclined to overrate the value of his favorite studies . He conceived that the ...
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... ment . He therefore , with great judgment , deter- mined to apply his vigorous mind for a time to this department of business , which had been much neg- lected , since the servants of the Company had ceased to be clerks , and had become ...
... ment . He therefore , with great judgment , deter- mined to apply his vigorous mind for a time to this department of business , which had been much neg- lected , since the servants of the Company had ceased to be clerks , and had become ...
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... ment of Bahar . His valor and his attachment to the English had more than once been signally proved . On that memorable day on which the people of Patna saw from their walls the whole army of the Mogul scattered by the little band of ...
... ment of Bahar . His valor and his attachment to the English had more than once been signally proved . On that memorable day on which the people of Patna saw from their walls the whole army of the Mogul scattered by the little band of ...
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