Warren HastingsCassell, 1886 - 191 pages |
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Page 4
... thoughts , " says Whipple , beneath all his pomp of diction , apt- ness of illustration , splendor of imagery , and epi- grammatic point and glare , a careful eye can easily discern the movement of a powerful and cultivated intellect ...
... thoughts , " says Whipple , beneath all his pomp of diction , apt- ness of illustration , splendor of imagery , and epi- grammatic point and glare , a careful eye can easily discern the movement of a powerful and cultivated intellect ...
Page 16
... thought the years which had already been wasted on hexameters and pentameters quite sufficient . He had it in his power to obtain for the lad a writership in the service of the East India Company . Whether the young adventurer , when ...
... thought the years which had already been wasted on hexameters and pentameters quite sufficient . He had it in his power to obtain for the lad a writership in the service of the East India Company . Whether the young adventurer , when ...
Page 37
... thought it a mas- terstroke of policy to reward the able and unprin- cipled parent by promoting the inoffensive child . The revolution completed , the double government dissolved , the Company installed in the full sover- eignty of ...
... thought it a mas- terstroke of policy to reward the able and unprin- cipled parent by promoting the inoffensive child . The revolution completed , the double government dissolved , the Company installed in the full sover- eignty of ...
Page 68
... thought any means legitimate which were pronounced legitimate by the sages of the law , by men whose peculiar duty it was to deal justly between adversaries , and whose edu- cation might be supposed to have peculiarly quali- fied them ...
... thought any means legitimate which were pronounced legitimate by the sages of the law , by men whose peculiar duty it was to deal justly between adversaries , and whose edu- cation might be supposed to have peculiarly quali- fied them ...
Page 72
... thought that his employer was in imminent danger of being turned out , branded with parliamentary censure , perhaps prosecuted . The opinion of the Crown lawyers had already been taken respect- ing some parts of the Governor - General's ...
... thought that his employer was in imminent danger of being turned out , branded with parliamentary censure , perhaps prosecuted . The opinion of the Crown lawyers had already been taken respect- ing some parts of the Governor - General's ...
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