Warren HastingsCassell, 1886 - 191 pages |
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Page 16
... seemed likely to be one of the first scholars of the age . He even offered to bear the expense of sending his favorite pupil to Oxford . But Mr. Chiswick was inflexible . He thought the years which had already been wasted on hexameters ...
... seemed likely to be one of the first scholars of the age . He even offered to bear the expense of sending his favorite pupil to Oxford . But Mr. Chiswick was inflexible . He thought the years which had already been wasted on hexameters ...
Page 18
... seemed so likely to furnish it as Hastings , who was a prisoner at large in the immediate neigh- borhood of the court . He thus became a diplo- matic agent , and soon established a high character for ability and resolution . The treason ...
... seemed so likely to furnish it as Hastings , who was a prisoner at large in the immediate neigh- borhood of the court . He thus became a diplo- matic agent , and soon established a high character for ability and resolution . The treason ...
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... seemed to be aware of what nevertheless was most undoubtedly the truth , that India was a poorer country than countries which in Europe are reckoned poor ; than Ireland , for exam- ple , or than Portugal . It was confidently believed by ...
... seemed to be aware of what nevertheless was most undoubtedly the truth , that India was a poorer country than countries which in Europe are reckoned poor ; than Ireland , for exam- ple , or than Portugal . It was confidently believed by ...
Page 35
... seemed to be aware of what nevertheless was most undoubtedly the truth , that India was a poorer country than countries which in Europe are reckoned poor ; than Ireland , for exam- ple , or than Portugal . It was confidently believed by ...
... seemed to be aware of what nevertheless was most undoubtedly the truth , that India was a poorer country than countries which in Europe are reckoned poor ; than Ireland , for exam- ple , or than Portugal . It was confidently believed by ...
Page 58
... seemed , into the hands of the new Councillors . Immediately charges against the Governor - General began to pour in . They were eagerly welcomed by the majority , who , to do them justice , were men of too much honor knowingly to ...
... seemed , into the hands of the new Councillors . Immediately charges against the Governor - General began to pour in . They were eagerly welcomed by the majority , who , to do them justice , were men of too much honor knowingly to ...
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