Warren HastingsLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852 - 106 pages |
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Page 4
... army , and , after spending half his property in the cause of King Charles , was glad to ransom himself by making over most of the remaining half to Speaker Lenthal . The old seat at Daylesford still remained in the family ; but it ...
... army , and , after spending half his property in the cause of King Charles , was glad to ransom himself by making over most of the remaining half to Speaker Lenthal . The old seat at Daylesford still remained in the family ; but it ...
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... army of the Mogul scattered by the little band of Captain Knox , the voice of the British conquerors assigned the palm of gallantry to the brave Asiatic . " I never , " said Knox , when he introduced Schitab Roy , covered with blood and ...
... army of the Mogul scattered by the little band of Captain Knox , the voice of the British conquerors assigned the palm of gallantry to the brave Asiatic . " I never , " said Knox , when he introduced Schitab Roy , covered with blood and ...
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... army , with his own salary often in arrear , with deficient crops , with govern- ment tenants daily running away , was called upon to remit home another half million without fail . Hastings saw that it was abso- lutely necessary for him ...
... army , with his own salary often in arrear , with deficient crops , with govern- ment tenants daily running away , was called upon to remit home another half million without fail . Hastings saw that it was abso- lutely necessary for him ...
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... army from the hardy and valiant race from which their own illustrious house sprang . Among the military adven- turers who were allured to the Mogul standards from the neigh- bourhood of Cabul and Candahar , were conspicuous several ...
... army from the hardy and valiant race from which their own illustrious house sprang . Among the military adven- turers who were allured to the Mogul standards from the neigh- bourhood of Cabul and Candahar , were conspicuous several ...
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... army , and only one against which even those proud Caucasian tribes could not stand . It had been abundantly proved that neither tenfold odds , nor the martial ardour of the boldest Asiatic nations , could avail aught against English ...
... army , and only one against which even those proud Caucasian tribes could not stand . It had been abundantly proved that neither tenfold odds , nor the martial ardour of the boldest Asiatic nations , could avail aught against English ...
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