Warren HastingsLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852 - 106 pages |
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... charge of him , and to give him a liberal education . The boy went up to London , and was sent to a school at Newington , where he was well taught but ill fed . He always attributed the smallness of his stature to the hard and scanty ...
... charge of him , and to give him a liberal education . The boy went up to London , and was sent to a school at Newington , where he was well taught but ill fed . He always attributed the smallness of his stature to the hard and scanty ...
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... charge , was desirous to rid himself of it as soon as possible . Dr. Nichols made strong remonstrances against the cruelty of interrupting the studies of a youth who seemed likely to be one of the first scholars of the age . He even ...
... charge , was desirous to rid himself of it as soon as possible . Dr. Nichols made strong remonstrances against the cruelty of interrupting the studies of a youth who seemed likely to be one of the first scholars of the age . He even ...
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... charged with having borne a share in the worst abuses which then prevailed ; and it is almost equally certain that , if he had borne a share in those abuses , the able and bitter enemies who afterwards persecuted him would not have ...
... charged with having borne a share in the worst abuses which then prevailed ; and it is almost equally certain that , if he had borne a share in those abuses , the able and bitter enemies who afterwards persecuted him would not have ...
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... occasion he brought a false charge against another Hindoo , and tried to sub- stantiate it by producing forged documents . On another occasion it was discovered that , while professing the strongest attachment 16 WARREN HASTINGS .
... occasion he brought a false charge against another Hindoo , and tried to sub- stantiate it by producing forged documents . On another occasion it was discovered that , while professing the strongest attachment 16 WARREN HASTINGS .
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... charges , but would afford an in- creased dividend to the proprietors of India stock , and large relief to the English finances . These absurd expectations were disap- pointed ; and the Directors , naturally enough , chose to attribute ...
... charges , but would afford an in- creased dividend to the proprietors of India stock , and large relief to the English finances . These absurd expectations were disap- pointed ; and the Directors , naturally enough , chose to attribute ...
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