Warren HastingsCassell, 1886 - 191 pages |
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Page 12
... sent his plate to the mint at Oxford , joined the royal army , and , after spending half his property in the cause of King Charles , was glad to ransom himself by making over most of the remain- ing half to Speaker Lenthal . The old ...
... sent his plate to the mint at Oxford , joined the royal army , and , after spending half his property in the cause of King Charles , was glad to ransom himself by making over most of the remain- ing half to Speaker Lenthal . The old ...
Page 13
... sent to the village school , where he learned his letters on the same bench with the sons of the peasantry ; nor did anything in his garb or fare indicate that his life was to take a widely different course from that of the young ...
... sent to the village school , where he learned his letters on the same bench with the sons of the peasantry ; nor did anything in his garb or fare indicate that his life was to take a widely different course from that of the young ...
Page 14
... sent to a school at Newington , where he was well taught but ill fed . He always attributed the smallness of his stature to the hard and scanty fare of this seminary . At ten he was removed to West- minster School , then flourishing ...
... sent to a school at Newington , where he was well taught but ill fed . He always attributed the smallness of his stature to the hard and scanty fare of this seminary . At ten he was removed to West- minster School , then flourishing ...
Page 17
... sent up the country to Cossimbazar , a town which lies on the Hoogley , about a mile from Moorshedabad , and which then bore to Moorshedabad a relation , if we may compare small things with great , such as the city of London bears to ...
... sent up the country to Cossimbazar , a town which lies on the Hoogley , about a mile from Moorshedabad , and which then bore to Moorshedabad a relation , if we may compare small things with great , such as the city of London bears to ...
Page 18
... sent a prisoner to Moorshedabad , but , in consequence of the humane intervention of the servants of the Dutch Company , was treated with indulgence . Meanwhile the Nabob marched on Calcutta ; the governor and the commandant fled ; the ...
... sent a prisoner to Moorshedabad , but , in consequence of the humane intervention of the servants of the Dutch Company , was treated with indulgence . Meanwhile the Nabob marched on Calcutta ; the governor and the commandant fled ; the ...
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