Warren HastingsLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852 - 106 pages |
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... 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 fag in the ...
... 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 fag in the ...
Page 30
... Impey . He was an old acquaintance of Hastings ; and it is probable that the Governor - General , if he had searched through all the inns of court , could not have found an equally serviceable tool . But the members of Council were by ...
... Impey . He was an old acquaintance of Hastings ; and it is probable that the Governor - General , if he had searched through all the inns of court , could not have found an equally serviceable tool . But the members of Council were by ...
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... Impey and a jury composed of Englishmen . A great quantity of con- tradictory swearing , and the necessity of having every word of the evidence interpreted , protracted the trial to a most unusual length . At last a verdict of guilty ...
... Impey and a jury composed of Englishmen . A great quantity of con- tradictory swearing , and the necessity of having every word of the evidence interpreted , protracted the trial to a most unusual length . At last a verdict of guilty ...
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... Impey would not hear of mercy or delay . The excitement among all classes was great . Francis and Francis's few English adherents described the Governor - General and the Chief Justice as the worst of murderers . Clavering , it was said ...
... Impey would not hear of mercy or delay . The excitement among all classes was great . Francis and Francis's few English adherents described the Governor - General and the Chief Justice as the worst of murderers . Clavering , it was said ...
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... Impey's conduct it is impossible to speak too severely . We have already said that , in our opinion , he acted ... Impey as the man " to whose support he was at one time indebted for the safety of his fortune , honour , and reputation ...
... Impey's conduct it is impossible to speak too severely . We have already said that , in our opinion , he acted ... Impey as the man " to whose support he was at one time indebted for the safety of his fortune , honour , and reputation ...
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