Warren HastingsLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852 - 106 pages |
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... give , in a way necessarily hasty and imperfect , our own view of the life and character of Mr. Hastings . Our feeling towards him is not exactly that of the House of Commons which impeached him in 1787 ; neither is it that of the House ...
... give , in a way necessarily hasty and imperfect , our own view of the life and character of Mr. Hastings . Our feeling towards him is not exactly that of the House of Commons which impeached him in 1787 ; neither is it that of the House ...
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... 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 fare of A 3 WARREN ...
... 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 fare of A 3 WARREN ...
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... give balls in St. James's Square . Of the conduct of Hastings at this time little is known ; but the little that is known , and the circumstance that little is known , must be considered as honourable to him . He could not protect the ...
... give balls in St. James's Square . Of the conduct of Hastings at this time little is known ; but the little that is known , and the circumstance that little is known , must be considered as honourable to him . He could not protect the ...
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... give a notion to those who are acquainted with human nature only as it appears in our island . What the Italian is to the Englishman , what the Hindoo is to the Italian , what the Bengalee is to other Hindoos , that was Nuncomar to ...
... give a notion to those who are acquainted with human nature only as it appears in our island . What the Italian is to the Englishman , what the Hindoo is to the Italian , what the Bengalee is to other Hindoos , that was Nuncomar to ...
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... gives to another irresistible power over human beings is bound to take order that such power shall not be barbarously abused ? But we beg pardon of our readers for arguing a point so clear . We hasten to the end of this sad and ...
... gives to another irresistible power over human beings is bound to take order that such power shall not be barbarously abused ? But we beg pardon of our readers for arguing a point so clear . We hasten to the end of this sad and ...
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