Warren HastingsCassell, 1886 - 191 pages |
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Page 12
... tion it was sold to a merchant of London . Before this transfer took place , the last Hastings of Daylesford had presented his second son to the rectory of the parish in which the ancient residence of the family stood . The living was ...
... tion it was sold to a merchant of London . Before this transfer took place , the last Hastings of Daylesford had presented his second son to the rectory of the parish in which the ancient residence of the family stood . The living was ...
Page 15
... tion , Elijah Impey . We know little about their school - days . But we think we may safely venture to guess that , whenever Hastings wished to play any trick more than usually naughty , he hired Impey with a tart or a ball to act as ...
... tion , Elijah Impey . We know little about their school - days . But we think we may safely venture to guess that , whenever Hastings wished to play any trick more than usually naughty , he hired Impey with a tart or a ball to act as ...
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... tion . It brought many lamentable blemishes to light ; but it entitles him to be considered pure from every blemish which has not been brought to light . The truth is that the temptations to which so many English functionaries yielded ...
... tion . It brought many lamentable blemishes to light ; but it entitles him to be considered pure from every blemish which has not been brought to light . The truth is that the temptations to which so many English functionaries yielded ...
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... tion in which Augustulus stood to Odoacer , or the last Merovingians to Charles Martel and Pepin . He lived at Moorshedabad , surrounded by princely magnificence . He was approached with outward marks of reverence , and his name was ...
... tion in which Augustulus stood to Odoacer , or the last Merovingians to Charles Martel and Pepin . He lived at Moorshedabad , surrounded by princely magnificence . He was approached with outward marks of reverence , and his name was ...
Page 29
... tion of revenue , were almost entirely neglected . We may remark that the phraseology of the Com- pany's servants still bears the traces of this state of things . To this day they always use the word " political " as as synonymous with ...
... tion of revenue , were almost entirely neglected . We may remark that the phraseology of the Com- pany's servants still bears the traces of this state of things . To this day they always use the word " political " as as synonymous with ...
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