Warren HastingsLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852 - 106 pages |
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... natures may be hurried by the rage of con- flict and the lust of dominion . Hastings had another associate at Westminster of whom we shall have occasion to make frequent mention , Elijah Impey . We know little about their school days ...
... natures may be hurried by the rage of con- flict and the lust of dominion . Hastings had another associate at Westminster of whom we shall have occasion to make frequent mention , Elijah Impey . We know little about their school days ...
Page 9
... natural , broke loose from all restraint ; and then was seen what we believe to be the most frightful of all spectacles , the strength of civilisation without its mercy . To all other despotism there is a check , im- perfect indeed ...
... natural , broke loose from all restraint ; and then was seen what we believe to be the most frightful of all spectacles , the strength of civilisation without its mercy . To all other despotism there is a check , im- perfect indeed ...
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... 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 other Bengalees . The physical organization of the ...
... 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 other Bengalees . The physical organization of the ...
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... natural defence of the weak are more familiar to this subtle race than to the Ionian of the time of Juve- nal , or to the Jew of the dark ages . What the horns are to the buffalo , what the paw is to the tiger , what the sting is to the ...
... natural defence of the weak are more familiar to this subtle race than to the Ionian of the time of Juve- nal , or to the Jew of the dark ages . What the horns are to the buffalo , what the paw is to the tiger , what the sting is to the ...
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... natures . To Mahommed Reza Khan , on the other 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 ...
... natures . To Mahommed Reza Khan , on the other 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 ...
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