Warren HastingsLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852 - 106 pages |
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... was deplorable . He wi antly engaged in lawsuits about his tithes with the new hor , and was at length utterly ruined . His eldest son , Howard , a 4 WARREN HASTINGS . cheeks of the curl-pated minions of James the ...
... was deplorable . He wi antly engaged in lawsuits about his tithes with the new hor , and was at length utterly ruined . His eldest son , Howard , a 4 WARREN HASTINGS . cheeks of the curl-pated minions of James the ...
Page 5
... length closed for ever , it was to Daylesford that he retired to die . When he was eight years old , his uncle Howard determined to take charge of him , and to give him a liberal education . The boy went up to London , and was sent to a ...
... length closed for ever , it was to Daylesford that he retired to die . When he was eight years old , his uncle Howard determined to take charge of him , and to give him a liberal education . The boy went up to London , and was sent to a ...
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... length . At last a verdict of guilty was returned , and the Chief Justice pronounced sentence of death on the prisoner . That Impey ought to have respited Nuncomar we hold to be per- fectly clear . Whether the whole proceeding was not ...
... length . At last a verdict of guilty was returned , and the Chief Justice pronounced sentence of death on the prisoner . That Impey ought to have respited Nuncomar we hold to be per- fectly clear . Whether the whole proceeding was not ...
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... length the mournful pro- cession came through the crowd . Nuncomar sat up in his palan- quin , and looked round him with unaltered serenity . He had just parted from those who were most nearly connected with him . Their cries and ...
... length the mournful pro- cession came through the crowd . Nuncomar sat up in his palan- quin , and looked round him with unaltered serenity . He had just parted from those who were most nearly connected with him . Their cries and ...
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... length brought his vanquished rival in triumph to the gay circle which surrounded the bride . The exertion was too much for a frame broken by mortification as well as by disease . vering died a few days later . Cla- Wheler , who came ...
... length brought his vanquished rival in triumph to the gay circle which surrounded the bride . The exertion was too much for a frame broken by mortification as well as by disease . vering died a few days later . Cla- Wheler , who came ...
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