Warren HastingsCassell, 1886 - 191 pages |
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... things before he was five years of He entered Trinity Hall , Cambridge , when eighteen years of age ; attracted attention by his brilliancy ; won medals , scholarships , and other " prizes ; contributed to Knight's Quarterly Magazine ...
... things before he was five years of He entered Trinity Hall , Cambridge , when eighteen years of age ; attracted attention by his brilliancy ; won medals , scholarships , and other " prizes ; contributed to Knight's Quarterly Magazine ...
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... things with great , such as the city of London bears to Westminster . Moorshedabad was the abode of the prince who , by an authority ostensibly de- rived from the Mogul , but really independent , ruled the three great provinces of ...
... things with great , such as the city of London bears to Westminster . Moorshedabad was the abode of the prince who , by an authority ostensibly de- rived from the Mogul , but really independent , ruled the three great provinces of ...
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... things . To this day they always use the word " political " as as synonymous with " diplomatic . " We could name a gentleman still living , who was described by the highest authority as an invalua- ble public servant , eminently fit to ...
... things . To this day they always use the word " political " as as synonymous with " diplomatic . " We could name a gentleman still living , who was described by the highest authority as an invalua- ble public servant , eminently fit to ...
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... thing , indeed , is to be said in excuse for him . The pressure applied to him by his employers at home was such as only the highest virtue could have withstood , such as left him no choice except to commit great wrongs , or to resign ...
... thing , indeed , is to be said in excuse for him . The pressure applied to him by his employers at home was such as only the highest virtue could have withstood , such as left him no choice except to commit great wrongs , or to resign ...
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... thing , he had to consider what kind of disobedience they would most readily pardon ; and he correctly judged that the safest course would be to neglect the sermons and to find the rupees . A mind so fertile as his , and so little ...
... thing , he had to consider what kind of disobedience they would most readily pardon ; and he correctly judged that the safest course would be to neglect the sermons and to find the rupees . A mind so fertile as his , and so little ...
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