Warren HastingsLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852 - 106 pages |
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... never abandoned . He would recover the estate which had belonged to his fathers . He would be Hastings of Daylesford . This purpose , formed in infancy and poverty , grew stronger as his intellect expanded and as his fortune rose . He ...
... never abandoned . He would recover the estate which had belonged to his fathers . He would be Hastings of Daylesford . This purpose , formed in infancy and poverty , grew stronger as his intellect expanded and as his fortune rose . He ...
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... never been attacked by combinations of powerful and deadly enemies . He had never been compelled to make a choice between inno- cence and greatness , between crime and ruin . Firmly as he held in theory the doctrine of human depravity ...
... never been attacked by combinations of powerful and deadly enemies . He had never been compelled to make a choice between inno- cence and greatness , between crime and ruin . Firmly as he held in theory the doctrine of human depravity ...
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... never 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 ...
... never 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 ...
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... never , since the revival of letters , been wholly neglected , was to be the seat of the institution which he contemplated . An endowment was expected from the munificence of the Company : and profes- sors thoroughly competent to ...
... never , since the revival of letters , been wholly neglected , was to be the seat of the institution which he contemplated . An endowment was expected from the munificence of the Company : and profes- sors thoroughly competent to ...
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... never- theless was most undoubtedly the truth , that India was a poorer country than countries which in Europe are reckoned poor , than Ireland , for example , or than Portugal . It was confidently believed by Lords of the Treasury and ...
... never- theless was most undoubtedly the truth , that India was a poorer country than countries which in Europe are reckoned poor , than Ireland , for example , or than Portugal . It was confidently believed by Lords of the Treasury and ...
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