Warren HastingsLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852 - 106 pages |
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... hands of strangers , filled his young brain with wild fancies and projects . He loved to hear stories of the wealth and greatness of his progenitors , of their splendid housekeeping , their loyalty , and their valour . On one bright ...
... hands of strangers , filled his young brain with wild fancies and projects . He loved to hear stories of the wealth and greatness of his progenitors , of their splendid housekeeping , their loyalty , and their valour . On one bright ...
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... hand , and even sat up in his cabin while he slept . Long before the Duke of Grafton reached Madras , Hastings was in love . But his love was of a most characteristic description . Like his hatred , like his ambition , like all his ...
... hand , and even sat up in his cabin while he slept . Long before the Duke of Grafton reached Madras , Hastings was in love . But his love was of a most characteristic description . Like his hatred , like his ambition , like all his ...
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... hands , and was , to a great extent , at his disposal . The collection of the revenue , the admini- stration of justice , the maintenance of order , were left to this high functionary ; and for the exercise of his immense power he was ...
... hands , and was , to a great extent , at his disposal . The collection of the revenue , the admini- stration of justice , the maintenance of order , were left to this high functionary ; and for the exercise of his immense power he was ...
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... hand , he could not bring himself to confer immense power on a man to whom every sort of villany had repeatedly been brought home . Therefore , though the nabob , over whom Nuncomar had by intrigue acquired great influence , begged that ...
... hand , he could not bring himself to confer immense power on a man to whom every sort of villany had repeatedly been brought home . Therefore , though the nabob , over whom Nuncomar had by intrigue acquired great influence , begged that ...
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... hand , Hastings had no feelings of hostility . Nevertheless he pro- ceeded to execute the instructions of the Company with an alacrity which he never showed , except when instructions were in perfect conformity with his own views . He ...
... hand , Hastings had no feelings of hostility . Nevertheless he pro- ceeded to execute the instructions of the Company with an alacrity which he never showed , except when instructions were in perfect conformity with his own views . He ...
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